HC Deb 23 May 2002 vol 386 cc585-6W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women were screened for breast cancer in each of the last five years. [56910]

Yvette Cooper

The number of women screened by the NHS breast screening programme in England in each of the last five years are contained in the following table.

Number of women, aged 45 or over, screened for breast cancer in England, 1996–2001
Number of women screened
2000–01 1,298,752
1999–2000 1,322,891
1998–99 1,232,310
1997–98 1,179,658
1996–97 1,109,845

Source:

Department of Health Statistics Division 3G KC62.

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