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9.3 Screening
Currently there are screening programmes in place for breast, cervical and colorectal
cancers, and screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm is being rolled out nationally.
Incidence and mortality information for these diseases can be found in section 10.
9.3.1 Breast Cancer
Currently, women aged 50-70 years are eligible for breast cancer screening (NHS
Cancer Screening Programmes 2009). As the screening programme runs on a three
year rolling programme, not all women will immediately be invited to attend on their 50 th
birthday but they will be before their 53 rd birthday. As a result, screening participation
rates are often quoted on the basis of the youngest age of 53 years. In addition, the age
range for eligibility has also changed relatively recently from 50-64 years to 50-70 years,
so the rates are quoted for women aged 53-64 years rather than up to the new age of 70
years. There are plans in place to widen the age range from 47 to 73 years, and this is
due to be phased in areas across England by 2012.
9.3.1.1 Percentage of Women Screened
From the Information Centre (Information Centre for Health and Social Care 2011), the
estimated percentage (95% confidence intervals) of women aged 53-70 years attending
breast cancer screening within the last three years as at 31 st March 2010 is given in
Table 178 for Hull and comparator areas (see section 3.3.3 on page 44).
Table 178: Percentage of women participating in breast cancer screening as at 31st
March 2010 for Hull and comparator areas
Area Breast cancer screening for women aged 53-70 years
(attendance within last three years as at 31 st March 2010)
Number eligible Percentage participating (95% CI)
England 5,229,246 76.9 (76.9, 76.9)
Hull 25,487 72.2 (71.6, 72.8)
Y&H SHA 528,588 78.3 (78.2, 78.4)
Wolverhampton City 22,897 73.0 (72.4, 73.6)
Salford 20,468 70.0 (69.4, 70.6)
Derby City 26,387 81.5 (81.0, 82.0)
Stoke-on-Trent 26,422 75.1 (74.6, 75.6)
Coventry 28,909 72.5 (72.0, 73.0)
Plymouth 25,591 80.0 (79.5, 80.5)
Sandwell 29,004 71.7 (71.2, 72.2)
Middlesbrough 13,774 73.9 (73.2, 74.6)
Sunderland 29,034 78.7 (78.2, 79.2)
Leicester City 25,750 75.1 (74.6, 75.6)
10 comparators 248,236 75.3 (75.1, 75.5)
NE Lincolnshire 17,086 76.3 (75.7, 76.9)
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