European Health Survey PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES Reason for the last pap smear, according to age group. Women aged 20 years old and over who have had a pap smear at some point in time Units: percentage Total She experienced discomfort She was referred by the general practitioner She went to see the gynaecologist She was given an appointment from the Autonomous Community or municipal council for an early cancer detection programme Other medical reasons Other non-medical reasons Total 100.00 5.64 8.19 63.96 11.29 7.67 3.25 20 to 24 years old 100.00 7.85 10.44 63.54 4.78 12.69 0.70 25 to 34 years old 100.00 5.92 7.29 68.81 5.51 9.05 3.43 35 to 44 years old 100.00 5.18 7.36 68.40 7.92 6.72 4.41 45 to 54 years old 100.00 3.54 7.64 65.80 13.18 6.79 3.03 55 to 64 years old 100.00 5.45 7.58 60.54 18.09 5.66 2.69 65 to 74 years old 100.00 7.49 10.45 53.64 18.35 7.74 2.33 75 years old and over 100.00 9.59 12.64 49.33 13.61 11.10 3.71 Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute