Table 1 Baseline characteristics (socio-demographic, lifestyle/health factors, and screening behavior other than mammography) in 50–69 year-old women: Swiss Health Survey 2012a
German region | French region | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Women, n | 1938 | 831 | |
Age, mean | 58.5 | 59.1 | |
% | % | ||
Educational level | High | 19.4 | 24.9 |
Middle | 66.5 | 56.1 | |
Low | 14.1 | 19.0 | |
Nationality | Swiss | 89.9 | 84.7 |
Non-Swiss | 10.1 | 15.3 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 71.1 | 74.5 |
Rural | 28.9 | 25.5 | |
Marital status | married/registered partnership | 66.0 | 59.4 |
Single, divorced/dissolved partnership, separated, widowed | 34.0 | 40.6 | |
BMI | Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) | 3.6 | 4.0 |
Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 55.8 | 58.1 | |
Overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2) | 27.5 | 27.8 | |
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 13.1 | 10.2 | |
Smoking status | Never smoker | 50.9 | 44.1 |
Ex-smoker | 25.7 | 30.5 | |
Current smoker | 23.4 | 25.4 | |
Alcohol | Never | 27.6 | 33.6 |
<20 g ethanol per day | 68.5 | 60.0 | |
≥20 g ethanol per day | 4.0 | 6.4 | |
Physical activity | ≥150 min. per week | 76.2 | 60.3 |
<150 min. per week | 23.7 | 39.7 | |
Attention to diet | Yes | 86.6 | 64.8 |
No | 13.4 | 35.2 | |
Self-perceived health | Good, very good | 81.1 | 71.4 |
Fair, poor, very poor | 18.9 | 28.6 | |
Chronic diseaseb | No | 57.0 | 59.5 |
Yes | 43.0 | 40.5 | |
Psychological distress | Low | 82.8 | 73.3 |
Moderate | 12.0 | 18.3 | |
High | 4.9 | 8.4 | |
Visits to a physician within the recent year | no | 16.5 | 10.7 |
1 to 5 times | 62.8 | 66.4 | |
6 to 10 times | 12.6 | 13.9 | |
>10 times | 7.8 | 9.1 | |
Cervical cancer screening | Yes | 90.8 | 78.3 |
No | 9.2 | 21.7 | |
Colorectal cancer screening | Yes | 36.0 | 35.9 |
No | 64.0 | 64.1 |