Table 1.

Uptake rate for breast and cervical cancer screening during the 17 years period from 1992 to 2008

Health check-up	Breast cancer screening	Cervical cancer screening
1992	15.05%	29.62%
1993	14.69%	29.86%
1994	12.44%	26.78%
1995	14.10%	26.07%
1996	10.78%	25.95%
1997	13.74%	24.41%
1998	13.74%	24.76%
1999	12.56%	18.60%
2000	12.68%	21.68%
2001	14.22%	22.87%
2002	13.03%	18.48%
2003	15.28%	20.85%
2004	13.86%	17.54%
2005	14.34%	17.06%
2006	16.00%	16.82%
2007	15.88%	16.71%
2008	15.88%	15.17%
Total	14.02%	21.95%

Source: BHPS. Balanced panels consisted for breast cancer screening of 844 women from 11,816 observations