Publication, Part of Breast Screening Programme
Breast Screening Programme, England, 2024-25
National statistics, Official statistics, Accredited official statistics
Amendment to Section 7, Women at very high risk; Cancer detection rates, by risk category
The label "Equivalent risk, Not tested" in this table has been amended to "Untested gene / Equivalent risk", the 2024-25 rates now include both "BRCA untested" and "not tested", previously they only included women under the "not tested" category.
30 June 2026 16:29 PM
Summary
Breast Screening Programme, England, 2024-25
Key Facts
70.6% of women took up their invitation (aged 50-<71)
0.6 percentage point increase on the previous year (70.0% in 2023-24)
2.75 million women invited in 2024-25 (ages 50-<71)
10% increase on previous year (2.50 million in 2023-24)
2.15 million women screened (aged 45+)
10.3% increase from the previous year (1.95 million in 2023-24)
19,291 women had cancers detected through screening (aged 45+)
9.0 cases per 1,000 women screened in 2024-25. This compares to 16,677 cancers detected in 2023-24 (a rate of 8.5 per 1,000 screened in 2023-24).
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