Table 4.
Numbers and percentages of participants excluded from the full sample of 2111 participants, for each analysis of screening information
| n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for exclusion | Breast | Cervical | Bowel |
| Inapplicable gender | 989 (46.8) | 989 (46.8) | N/A |
| Older or younger than eligible age range | 717 34.0) | 281 (13.3) | 1647 (78.0) |
| Previous diagnosis of relevant cancer | 19 (0.9) | 17 (0.8) | 2 (0.1) |
| Non-ordinal highest level of education | 33 (1.6) | 81 (3.8) | 55 (2.6) |
| No previous screening invitation | 35 (1.7) | 72 (3.4) | 66 (3.1) |
| Did not see the screening information leaflet at last invitation | 16 (0.8) | 57 (2.7) | 9 (0.4) |
| Missing data on either dependent or independent variables | 27 (1.3) | 58 (2.7) | 23 (1.1) |
| Total excluded | 1836 (87.0) | 1555 (73.7) | 1802 (85.4) |
| Total analysed | 275 | 556 | 309 |