Monitoring disease burden and preventive behavior with data linkage: cervical cancer among Aboriginal people in Manitoba, Canada

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Young, T. Kue
  • Kliewer, Erich
  • Blanchard, Jamie
  • Mayer, Teresa

• "Objectives: This study sought to estimate rates of cervical cancer and Papanicolaou testing among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS: Data were derived through linking of administrative databases. RESULTS: In comparison with non-Aboriginal women, Aboriginal women had 1.8 and 3.6 times the age-standardized incidence rates of in situ and invasive cervical cancer, respectively. With the exception of those aged 15 to 19 years, Aboriginal women were less likely to have had at least 1 Papanicolaou test in the preceding 3 years." (as cited in abstract)

• Date created

  2000

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Cervical cancer
  • Health risk assessment
  • Prevention
  • Women
  • Manitoba

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-m05c-jh63

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International