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 Proportion of female resident population aged between 20 and 69 years old who reported having undergone a cervical smear test in the 3 years preceding the interview (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of female resident population aged between 20 and 69 years old who reported having undergone a cervical smear test in the 3 years preceding the interview (%) by Level of education; Quinquennial
Regularity Quinquennial
Source Statistics Portugal, National health survey (series 2014)
First available period 2014
Last available period 2019
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Level of education
Concepts
  • EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:  The degrees, diplomas, certificates, professional titles and so forth that an individual has acquired by study.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • CERVICAL SMEAR TEST:  Complementary act of diagnosis consisting of the collection and laboratory study of the morphology of the cells of the outer layer of the epithelium of the endocerx, exocolon and the inner wall of the vagina.
Formule

[Female resident population aged between 20 and 69 years old who reported having undergone a cervical smear test in the 3 years preceding the interview/ Female resident population aged between 20 and 69 years old]*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 24/08/2020


information presented in 17/12/2025