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Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 26 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 June 2007. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Monday, 9 July 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Breast Cancer: Portsmouth

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in Portsmouth (a) did not accept an invitation to routine breast screening, (b) did not attend appointments made, (c) were diagnosed with breast cancer and (d) died from breast cancer in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer

Data on how many women in Portsmouth who did not accept an invitation to routine breast screening is not collected centrally.Data on how many women in Portsmouth who did not attend appointments made (or where the result was inadequate) is shown in the table.

Breast screening programme: Women invited for routine screening by Portsmouth Breast Screening Unit and their attendance each specified year
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Number of women invited 19,907 18,677 21,799
Number of women screened (tech adequate)¹ 15,301 12,896 16,275
Did not attend appointments or result was inadequate² 4,606 5,781 5,524
¹ Number of women screened who produced a technically adequate result. ² Includes a small amount of women who where screened and produced an inadequate result. Source: KC62 table 1 A, B, Cl and C2 The Information Centre.

Data on how many women in Portsmouth were diagnosed with breast cancer is shown in the table.

Breast screening programme: Women diagnosed with cancer by Portsmouth Breast Screening Unit by invitation type each specified year
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Total women with breast cancer¹ 115 90 128
of which:
Women invited for routine screening with breast cancer 93 82 117
¹ Total women with cancer includes those called for routine screening, early recalls, and self and general practitioner referrals. Source: KC62 table 3 parts A, B, Cl, and C2 The Information Centre.

Data on how many women in Portsmouth died from breast cancer is shown in the table.

Number of deaths with an underlying cause of breast cancer, females, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, 2003-05¹
Deaths (Females
2003 35
2004 30
2005 36
¹ Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. Notes: 1. Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code C50.
2. Based on unitary authority boundaries as of 2007.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
146496; 462 c1301-2W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Breast cancer Screening Portsmouth
Link
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