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Breast Screening Programme, England, 2023-24

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Breast Screening Programme, England, 2023-24


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Summary

Breast Screening Programme, England, 2023-24


Key Facts

70.0% of women took up their invitation (aged 50-<71)

5.4 percentage point increase on the previous year (64.6% in 2022-23)

2.5 million women invited in 2023-24 (ages 50-<71)

16.3% decrease on previous year (2.98 million in 2022-23)

1.95 million women screened (aged 45+)

10.4% decrease from the previous year (2.18 million in 2022-23)

16,677 women had cancers detected through screening (aged 45+)

8.5 cases per 1,000 women screened in 2023-24. This compares to 18,942 cancers detected in 2022-23 (a rate of 8.7 per 1,000 screened in 2022-23).

The code used to create the outputs for this report is available on the NHS Digital GitHub webpage Click here to access the code



Last edited: 18 February 2025 9:31 am