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Table 2 Health care access (N = 29)

From: Health status among black African-born women in Kansas City: a preliminary assessment

Question

N

Percent

How would you rate your health?

29

 

Very good

11

37.9

Good

14

48.3

Fair

4

13.8

Where do you get most of your health care?

29

 

Community health clinic

2

6.9

Primary care doctor

18

62.1

Free clinic

2

6.9

Health department

6

20.7

Other

1

3.4

When was your last routine check up?

29

 

Less than a year

11

39.3

1–2 years

10

35.7

2–5 years

1

3.6

5 or more years

2

7.1

Don’t know/not sure

3

10.7

Never

1

3.6

How long since last teeth cleaning?

28

 

Less than a year

10

35.7

1–2 years

6

21.4

2–5 years

3

10.7

5 or more years

1

3.6

Never

8

28.6

Do you currently have health insurance?

26

 

No insurance

11

42.3

Private insurance

9

34.6

Other

4

15.4

Prefer not to respond

2

7.7

Have you ever had a clinical breast exam?

26

 

Yes

19

73.1

How long since your last clinical breast exam?

25

 

Less than a year

7

28.0

1–2 years

6

24.0

2–5 years

2

8.0

5 or more years

3

12.0

Never

4

16.0

Not sure/don’t know

3

12.0

Have you ever had a mammogram?

22

 

Yes

10

45.4

How long since your last mammogram?

10

 

Less than a year

3

30.0

1–2 years

1

10.0

2–5 years

2

20.0

5 or more years

4

40.0

Have you ever had a Pap test?

27

 

Yes

20

74.1

How long since your last Pap test?

25

 

Less than a year

11

40.7

1–2 years

5

18.5

2–5 years

2

7.4

5 or more years

2

7.4

Never

5

18.5

Not sure/don’t know

2

7.4

  1. Italicized texts represent total number of respondents per question