Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants

Item2021 (N, %)2022 (N, %)2023 (N, %)2024 (N, %)Overall (N, %)
Overall31,927 (100%)35,873 (100%)46,098 (100%)40,080 (100%)153,978 (100%)
Age
 35–4410,127 (31.72%)10,347 (28.84%)13,376 (29.02%)10,700 (26.70%)44,550 (28.93%)
 45–5415,192 (47.58%)16,768 (46.74%)20,750 (45.01%)16,589 (41.39%)69,299 (45.01%)
 55–646,608 (20.70%)8,758 (24.41%)11,972 (25.97%)12,791 (31.91%)40,129 (26.06%)
Site
 Zezhou County7,239 (22.67%)4,342 (12.10%)8,874 (19.25%)7,058 (17.61%)27,513 (17.87%)
 Xiangyuan County5,179 (16.22%)5,992 (16.70%)5,247 (11.38%)5,646 (14.09%)22,064 (14.33%)
 Yanting County3,917 (12.27%)6,982 (19.46%)7,003 (15.19%)7,621 (19.01%)25,523 (16.58%)
 Shimian County3,556 (11.14%)4,002 (11.16%)5,395 (11.70%)3,180 (7.93%)16,133 (10.48%)
 Mangshi8,272 (25.91%)10,438 (29.10%)11,636 (25.24%)8,069 (20.13%)38,415 (24.95%)
 Xinping County3,764 (11.79%)4,117 (11.48%)7,943 (17.23%)8,506 (21.22%)24,330 (15.80%)
Screening strategy
 HPV4,520 (14.16%)4,838 (13.49%)3,269 (7.09%)2,470 (6.16%)15,097 (9.80%)
 HPV + cytology96 (0.30%)1,110 (3.09%)11,771 (25.53%)9,318 (23.25%)22,295 (14.48%)
 VIA + cytology triage8,272 (25.91%)0008,272 (5.37%)
 Cytology19,039 (59.63%)29,925 (83.42%)10,088 (21.88%)059,052 (38.35%)
 HPV + VIA/VILI triage009,278 (20.13%)4,667 (11.64%)13,945 (9.06%)
 HPV + cytology triage0011,692 (25.36%)16,435 (41.01%)28,127 (18.27%)
 HPV + cytology + VIA/VILI0007,190 (17.94%)7,190 (4.67%)
Primary screening result
 Positive1,778 (5.57%)2,203 (6.14%)2,790 (6.05%)2,775 (6.92%)9,546 (6.20%)
 Negative30,149 (94.43%)33,670 (93.86%)43,308 (93.95%)37,305 (93.08%)144,432 (93.80%)
Screened in the previous year (all women)
 YesNA4,721 (13.16%)6,104 (13.24%)1,219 (3.04%)12,044 (9.87%)
 NoNA31,152 (86.84%)39,994 (86.76%)38,861 (96.96%)110,007 (90.13%)
First-time screening within the past 3 years
 YesNANA36,077 (78.26%)35,364 (88.23%)71,441 (82.89%)
 NoNANA10,021 (21.74%)4,716 (11.77%)14,737 (17.10%)

CI, confidence interval; cum, cumulative; HPV, human papillomavirus; NA, not applicable; VIA, visual inspection with acetic acid; VILI, visual inspection with Lugol’s iodine; y, year.