§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have been screened for breast cancer for each year since 1979. [10911]
§ Mr. BoatengThe breast screening programme was introduced into the national health service in 1988. The target age group is women aged 50 to 64 and the information available for this age group is shown in the table. National data have been collected only since the introduction of the national screening programme. Data for the years from 1988 to 1991 were not of sufficient quality to be published.
Year Number of Women screened (aged 50 to 64) 1991–92 923,000 1992–93 945,000 1993–94 961,000 1994–95 976,000 1995–96 976,000 Source:
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