Share of U.S. women with a pelvic checkup in 2015-2017, by poverty level
Between the years 2015 and 2017, roughly 48 percent of U.S. women aged 15 to 44 years who were 150 percent below the federal poverty line had undergone a pelvic examination within the last 12 months. Pelvic examinations are a routine procedure included among regular body checkup for women by U.S. doctors.