Incidence
In 2007, 3,617 people in Scotland were diagnosed with colorectal cancer. 1,952 of these cases were male and 1,665 were female.
Mortality
In 2008, 1,565 people in Scotland died from Bowel Cancer. 829 were male and 736 were female.
Survival rates
1 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 was 76.1% for males and 71.9% for females.
5 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 was 54.9% for males and 50.6% for males.
Source: http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/1425.html
Scottish Bowel Screening Programme
The Scottish Bowel Screening Programme commenced roll out in June 2007 in Tayside, Grampian and Fife NHS Boards. All men and women registered with a GP practice and aged between 50-74 yrs were invited to participate and to be screened every two year. This has now been rolled out across all Health Board areas in Scotland, completed in December 2009.
Key findings
Uptake was higher in women than in men
- The uptake for both sexes was 56.8%, just short of the Programme target of 60%. Uptake for females in Scotland met the Programme target at 60.4%. As expected uptake for men was less.
Uptake was lower in deprived areas
- Uptake fell with increasing deprivation however both men and women in the least deprived quintile met the Programme target at 60.3% and 68.4% respectively.
Men were more likely than women to have a positive screening test result than women
More cancers were detected in men than in women
- Screening detects around twice as many cancers in men as in women. The crude cancer detection rate varied across NHS Boards from 0.12% to 0.29% in men and 0.04% to 0.1% in women
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