Table 3. Outcome of screening (FOBt) and diagnostic tests for 628 976 women who accepted bowel cancer screening.

Bowel-screening outcome	Number of women (%)
Screening test outcome
FOBt-positive	9133
FOBt-negative	619 843
Attendance for further investigations of 9133 who were FOBt-positive
Attended for diagnostic test	7911
Did not attend diagnostic test	1222
Diagnostic test results for 7911 who attended for further investigation
Colorectal cancer	743
Colorectal adenoma	3056
Non-neoplastic condition only*	2214
No abnormality recorded	1881
No result from diagnostic tests	17

Abbreviation: FOBt=faecal occult blood testing.

*That is, recorded abnormalities other than cancer or adenoma; includes diverticular disease, haemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel disease, and so on.