Fewer American Women Getting Mammograms

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Fewer American women are getting mammograms, according to health officials, but nobody is sure why. There are several theories, from the idea that women have grown complacent to a shortage of screening centers to lack of health insurance.

The decline of less than 2 percentage points may seem small, but it could be terribly significant, Lichtenfeld said. But if you consider that about 80 million U.S. women should be getting a mammogram every year, it means more than 1 million fewer women are getting the screening test, he said.

Fewer women in U.S. are getting mammograms

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Posted by Staff on February 2, 2007 12:02 PM | DIGG | del.icio.us | furl