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Table 2 Screening uptake and positivity rates, England, financial year 2014/15 [24]

From: A review of sex-related differences in colorectal cancer incidence, screening uptake, routes to diagnosis, cancer stage and survival in the UK

 

Age

Number invited

Uptake

Positivity rate

Female

60–64

893,199

58.1%

1.4%

 

65–69

687,690

64.3%

1.4%

 

70–74

524,607

61.1%

1.7%

 

Total 60–74

2,105,496

60.9%

1.5%

Male

60–64

885,340

49.8%

2.1%

 

65–69

649,180

60.1%

2.1%

 

70–74

477,750

59.8%

2.4%

 

Total 60–74

2,012,270

55.5%

2.2%

  1. Uptake: proportion of invitees who were adequately screened (reaching a definitive gFOBt outcome of either ‘Normal’ or ‘Abnormal’/‘Positive’) within 6 months of invitation
  2. Positivity rate: proportion of those adequately screened who had an abnormal/positive screening test result
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