Table 1. Uptake of screening according to invitation type and screening round.

	First round of inviting 65–70 age group		Second round of inviting 65–70 age group		Overall
Invitation type	Invited	Uptake (%)	Invited	Uptake (%)	Invited	Uptake (%)
First invitation
50–64	360 432	74.0	130 075	73.0	490 507	73.7
60–64	7836	35.3	2713	36.8	10 549	35.7
65–70	8209	31.7	2269	30.1	10 478	31.4
Previously invited never screened
50–64	194 771	21.0	77 044	19.7	271 815	20.6
60–64	50 689	10.1	20 590	9.6	71 279	9.9
65–70	50 349	8.5	18 599	6.6	68 948	8.0
Previous screen ⩽5 years
50–64	1 244 889	89.3	471 812	88.6	1 716 701	89.1
60–64	434 364	89.8	175 411	89.5	609 775	89.7
65–70	288 718	88.9	147 893	88.3	436 611	88.7
Previous screen >5 years
50–64	128 460	51.5	50 399	49.9	178 859	51.1
60–64	61 404	46.0	25 054	44.9	86 458	45.7
65–70	168 937	66.6	32 828	43.7	201 765	62.8