Table 1 Effect of deprivation, ethnicity and gender on uptake: examples from UK cancer screening programmesa

From: Uptake in cancer screening programmes: a priority in cancer control

 

Breast

Cervical

Colorectal

Deprivation (range from most deprived to least deprived)

64–81%b

60–80%

37.2–61.2%c

Ethnicity (range from other/white)

51.7–77.3%d

37–75%

21.4–61.3%d

Gender

N/A

N/A

48% (M), 56% (F)c

  1. a Where figures are derived from published screening programme data, references are shown; otherwise figures are based on unpublished data and reports and represent an estimate of contemporary rates across the United Kingdom.
  2. b Information and Statistics Division Scotland http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/1623.html.
  3. cWeller et al, 2007; Steele et al, 2009.
  4. dSzczepura et al, 2008.
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