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Erratum: Vol. 46, No. 48

In the report, "Use of Clinical Preventive Services by Medicare Beneficiaries Aged greater than or equal to 65 Years -- United States, 1995," on page 1139, the percentages in the first sentence of the first paragraph were incorrect. The sentence should read: "The percentage of women aged greater than or equal to 65 years who had received a mammogram during the 2 years preceding the survey ranged from 52.8% (95% CI=44.2%-61.3%) (New Jersey) to 80.8% (95% CI=69.4%-92.2%) (Alaska) (median: 65.5%), and prevalences did not vary by region."

In the same report, in Table 1 on pages 1140-1, the mammography prevalence estimates and confidence intervals were incorrect. Following is the corrected table (Table_1).




Table_1
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TABLE 1. Estimated prevalence of use of four clinical preventive services by Medicare beneficiaries* aged >= 65 years, by service
and state -- United States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1995
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                                              Pneumococcal                                     Papanicolaou
                 Influenza vaccination +      vaccination &          Mammography @               smear **
                 -----------------------  ---------------------    --------------------    ---------------------
State              %       (95% CI ++)     %        (95% CI)        %       (95% CI)        %       (95% CI)
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Alabama           46.2    (40.3%-52.1%)   33.4    (27.9%-38.9%)    66.3   (59.2%-73.4%)    64.3    (55.1%-73.5%)
Alaska            49.8    (33.9%-65.7%)   46.3    (29.8%-62.8%)    80.8   (69.4%-92.2%)    86.5    (74.3%-98.7%)
Arizona           65.0    (59.1%-70.9%)   49.3    (43.0%-55.6%)    80.5   (73.9%-87.1%)    88.5    (83.4%-93.6%)
Arkansas          62.1    (57.0%-67.2%)   37.6    (32.1%-43.1%)    63.7   (57.3%-70.0%)    68.7    (59.9%-77.5%)
California        60.9    (56.0%-65.8%)   44.8    (39.9%-49.7%)    NA &&                   NA
Colorado          66.9    (61.4%-72.4%)   46.7    (40.6%-52.8%)    65.5   (58.9%-72.0%)    70.2    (61.6%-78.8%)
Connecticut       63.2    (57.5%-68.9%)   38.3    (32.6%-44.0%)    79.0   (73.2%-84.8%)    70.0    (61.8%-78.2%)
Delaware          57.3    (52.2%-62.4%)   41.7    (36.8%-46.6%)    70.2   (64.2%-76.2%)    69.1    (61.1%-77.1%)
Florida           62.4    (58.7%-66.1%)   39.9    (36.2%-43.6%)    78.5   (74.6%-82.4%)    82.3    (77.2%-87.4%)
Georgia           47.6    (42.7%-52.5%)   40.5    (35.6%-45.4%)    75.4   (69.6%-81.3%)    73.9    (65.7%-82.1%)
Hawaii            62.4    (56.9%-67.9%)   42.9    (37.2%-48.6%)    74.4   (68.3%-80.4%)    78.7    (70.7%-86.7%)
Idaho             64.4    (59.9%-68.9%)   40.1    (35.4%-44.8%)    64.4   (58.9%-69.8%)    67.3    (59.7%-74.9%)
Illinois          57.7    (51.4%-64.0%)   29.0    (23.3%-34.7%)    70.4   (65.5%-75.2%)    71.7    (65.6%-77.8%)
Indiana           59.7    (55.0%-64.4%)   34.5    (30.0%-39.0%)    65.5   (59.9%-71.1%)    68.3    (61.6%-75.0%)
Iowa              63.7    (60.2%-67.2%)   44.8    (40.9%-48.7%)    63.6   (59.1%-68.0%)    67.9    (62.4%-73.4%)
Kansas            62.3    (57.0%-67.6%)   45.1    (39.8%-50.4%)    69.4   (63.4%-75.5%)    71.6    (63.8%-79.4%)
Kentucky          53.6    (49.1%-58.1%)   25.6    (21.7%-29.5%)    59.4   (54.2%-64.7%)    52.2    (44.9%-59.5%)
Louisiana         52.8    (46.5%-59.1%)   25.7    (20.6%-30.8%)    61.0   (53.9%-68.1%)    54.6    (43.6%-65.6%)
Maine             65.9    (59.6%-72.2%)   36.5    (29.8%-43.2%)    69.7   (61.9%-77.5%)    74.3    (65.7%-82.9%)
Maryland          58.4    (54.7%-62.1%)   33.6    (30.1%-37.1%)    76.9   (73.0%-80.8%)    69.1    (63.6%-74.6%)
Massachusetts     60.3    (54.4%-66.2%)   33.1    (27.2%-39.0%)    77.6   (71.3%-83.9%)    75.2    (67.2%-83.2%)
Michigan          57.2    (52.3%-62.1%)   40.0    (35.1%-44.9%)    77.4   (72.5%-82.4%)    71.4    (64.3%-78.5%)
Minnesota         63.6    (59.9%-67.3%)   40.5    (36.8%-44.2%)    69.7   (65.2%-74.1%)    73.2    (68.1%-78.3%)
Mississippi       57.1    (51.2%-63.0%)   40.0    (34.1%-45.9%)    54.0   (47.0%-61.0%)    63.9    (54.9%-72.9%)
Missouri          66.7    (60.6%-72.8%)   32.9    (26.6%-39.2%)    69.7   (62.9%-76.6%)    66.4    (56.2%-76.6%)
Montana           64.9    (58.6%-71.2%)   35.6    (29.1%-42.1%)    62.0   (53.9%-70.1%)    69.4    (58.6%-80.2%)
Nebraska          64.1    (59.4%-68.8%)   36.3    (31.6%-41.0%)    60.7   (54.7%-66.6%)    66.0    (58.4%-73.6%)
Nevada            52.4    (46.5%-58.3%)   40.4    (34.5%-46.3%)    63.6   (56.2%-70.9%)    70.4    (60.2%-80.6%)
New Hampshire     56.1    (49.4%-62.8%)   40.6    (33.7%-47.5%)    75.8   (68.0%-83.6%)    74.0    (63.2%-84.8%)
New Jersey        48.4    (40.8%-56.0%)   13.1    ( 8.0%-18.2%)    52.8   (44.2%-61.3%)    63.2    (52.2%-74.2%)
New Mexico        69.4    (62.3%-76.5%)   40.3    (32.9%-47.7%)    68.0   (58.8%-77.1%)    80.1    (69.9%-90.3%)
New York          56.6    (51.3%-61.9%)   26.9    (22.0%-31.8%)    64.8   (58.3%-71.3%)    64.2    (56.8%-71.6%)
North Carolina    52.9    (49.0%-56.8%)   31.7    (28.2%-35.2%)    65.5   (61.0%-70.0%)    73.2    (67.7%-78.7%)
North Dakota      57.4    (52.5%-62.3%)   33.3    (28.4%-38.2%)    62.9   (57.0%-68.9%)    66.2    (58.6%-73.8%)
Ohio              62.7    (56.0%-69.4%)   40.4    (33.3%-47.5%)    64.6   (56.9%-72.3%)    66.4    (56.2%-76.6%)
Oklahoma          61.0    (56.3%-65.7%)   36.9    (32.2%-41.6%)    58.5   (52.3%-64.6%)    71.4    (62.0%-80.8%)
Oregon            67.3    (63.2%-71.4%)   46.1    (41.6%-50.6%)    76.9   (72.2%-81.6%)    80.7    (74.4%-87.0%)
Pennsylvania      58.7    (54.2%-63.2%)   38.7    (33.8%-43.6%)    60.5   (55.4%-65.6%)    61.7    (55.0%-68.4%)
Rhode Island      66.8    (61.3%-72.3%)   31.0    (25.5%-36.5%)    70.1   (63.3%-76.8%)    59.3    (50.3%-68.3%)
South Carolina    51.7    (46.0%-57.4%)   26.8    (21.9%-31.7%)    70.6   (63.8%-77.4%)    77.6    (68.6%-86.6%)
South Dakota      60.1    (55.2%-65.0%)   31.2    (26.3%-36.1%)    60.7   (54.1%-67.3%)    69.1    (61.3%-76.9%)
Tennessee         63.6    (58.1%-69.1%)   29.5    (24.6%-34.4%)    64.7   (58.5%-71.0%)    66.9    (58.7%-75.1%)
Texas             57.3    (50.4%-64.2%)   45.6    (38.3%-52.9%)    63.8   (56.1%-71.4%)    64.9    (54.1%-75.7%)
Utah              70.3    (65.4%-75.2%)   42.9    (37.4%-48.4%)    67.2   (61.3%-73.1%)    72.0    (64.2%-79.8%)
Vermont           64.0    (59.1%-68.9%)   36.0    (31.1%-40.9%)    65.9   (59.7%-72.0%)    77.5    (70.8%-84.2%)
Virginia          53.2    (46.3%-60.1%)   40.2    (32.9%-47.5%)    72.1   (63.9%-80.4%)    79.5    (70.5%-88.5%)
Washington        67.5    (63.0%-72.0%)   46.7    (41.8%-51.6%)    75.3   (70.2%-80.4%)    77.0    (69.6%-84.4%)
West Virginia     53.6    (49.3%-57.9%)   37.1    (32.6%-41.6%)    61.7   (56.6%-66.9%)    65.7    (59.2%-72.2%)
Wisconsin         56.7    (50.8%-62.6%)   35.8    (30.1%-41.5%)    59.6   (52.2%-67.0%)    71.7    (63.1%-80.3%)
Wyoming           66.5    (61.4%-71.6%)   44.4    (39.1%-49.7%)    59.6   (52.1%-67.0%)    63.5    (54.7%-72.3%)
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 * All persons responding to the BRFSS questionnaire were asked "Do you have any kind of health-care coverage, including health
   insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs {health-maintenance organizations}, or government plans such as Medicare?" A "yes"
   response was used as a proxy for Medicare coverage.
 + Vaccination received during the 12 months preceding the survey.
 & Vaccination received during their lifetime.
 @ Service received during the previous 2 years.
** Service received during the previous 3 years. Excludes women with no uterine cervix.
++ Confidence interval.
&& Female respondents from California were excluded from these estimates because of the different wording of the survey questions
   in that state.
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