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Table 2 Percentage of screen-eligible population who were screened within appropriate time frame + for Peel Region and Ontario

From: Using geographic methods to inform cancer screening interventions for South Asians in Ontario, Canada

 

Peel Region

Ontario

Cervical cancer screening

66.3

67.6

Breast cancer screening

61.3

63.4

Fecal occult blood testing

29.5

32.1

Colonoscopy

35.4

37.0

Any colorectal cancer screening*

55.6

58.3

  1. +Defined as three years for cervical cancer screening, two years for breast cancer screening, two years for fecal occult blood testing, ten years for colonoscopy, five years for barium enema, five years for sigmoidoscopy. End date for all time frames was April 30, 2011.
  2. *Any colorectal cancer screening = fecal occult blood testing, colonoscopy, barium enema, sigmoidoscopy.
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