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Breast Cancer: Screening

Answer

In the Breast Screening Programme women are eligible to be screened from the age of 50 and are invited every three years. Data in the format requested is not available. The data below shows the number invited, uptake and coverage for the age bands 50-52 and 53-54 in 2017-2018.

The figures below are obtained from the 2017-18 Breast Screening Annual Report which can be viewed at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/breast-screening-programme/england-2017-18

Number invited (for ages 50-54) in 2017-18.

It should be noted that, women are invited every three years, so the number of invites in 2017-18 only represents approximately 1/3 of women in the 50-54 age band. Invite here refers to ‘first and all routine invitations’ – see report for detailed definitions.

Age Band	Indicator	Unit	Value
50-52	Invited	Number	435,678
53-54	Invited	Number	290,936
50-54	Invited	Number	726,614

Invites and uptake of those invites for women age 50-54, in England in 2017-18. (This is not the total number of women in the 50-54 age group, just the number invited in 2017-18).

Age Band	Indicator	Unit	Value
50-52	Invited	Number	435,678
50-52	Attended	Number	293,517
50-52	Uptake	%	67.4
53-54	Invited	Number	290,936
53-54	Attended	Number	200,131
53-54	Uptake	%	68.8
50-54	Invited	Number	726,614
50-54	Attended	Number	493,648
50-54	Uptake	%	67.9

Coverage of the breast screening programme for those aged 53-54 in England, as at 31 March 2018:

Number Resident	811,351
Number Eligible	809,841
Number Ineligible	1,510
Number never screened (either never invited or invited and did not attend)	157,385
Screened in last 3 years	587,955
Screening Coverage (%)	72.6%

It would not be suitable to provide coverage for the full 50-54 age group because the official coverage definition starts at age 53 (rather than age 50).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2889

Session

2019-19

Subjects

Breast cancer Screening

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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