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Description - Figure 16 - Proportion of Females who reported ever having a Papanicolaou Test, First Nations On-reserve (2002-2003) and Canada1 (2003), Aged 18 Years and Over

Bar graph showing the proportion of females over the age of 18 who reported having had a Papanicolaou test in their lifetimes, among the First Nations on-reserve and general Canadian populations.

18-29 Years, First Nations on-reserve: 87.2%, Canada: 74.2%;
30-39 Years, First Nations on-reserve: 92.7%, Canada: 91.7%;
40-49 Years, First Nations on-reserve: 94.7%, Canada: 93.8%;
50-59 Years, First Nations on-reserve: 92.7%, Canada: 93.8%;
60+ Years, First Nations on-reserve: 74.0%, Canada: 86.1%;
Total, First Nations on-reserve: 89.4%, Canada: 87.7%.

1. Total general Canadian population living off-reserve.