Table 2.

Uptake (%) in four National Health Service Boards for three 6-month periods (faecal immunochemical test evaluation group in bold evaluation group in bold)

	Tayside	Ayrshire & Arran	Fife	Forth Valley
1 July–31 December 2009
Invited	37,275	31,713	30,685	21,972
Accepted (%)	20,764 (55.7)	16,491 (52.0)	16,311 (53.2)	11,640 (53.0)
1 July–31 December 2010
Invited	32,195	30,570	29,397	22,881
Accepted (%)	19,600 (60.9)	17,742 (58.0)	15,425 (52.5)	11,626 (50.8)
1 July–31 December 2011
Invited	37,153	32,450	30,938	22,898
Accepted (%)	20,274 (54.6)	16,790 (51.7)	16,044 (51.9)	11,848 (51.7)
p-value	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.102	0.036