Table 1.
Characteristics of hospitals and clinics, n (%)
| Year | 2011 | 2013 | 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Screening | S/T (%)a | Target | Screening | S/T (%)a | Target | Screening | S/T (%)a | |
| Total of units | 1857 | 1779 | 95.8 | 2544 | 1367 | 53.7 | 2376 | 1742 | 73.3 |
| Units | |||||||||
| High-volume hospital | 258 (13.9) | 252 | 97.7 | 1091 (42.9) | 572 | 52.4 | 1041 (43.8) | 731 | 70.2 |
| Middle- and low-volume hospitals and clinics | 1599 (86.1) | 1527 | 95.5 | 1453 (57.1) | 795 | 54.7 | 1335 (56.2) | 1011 | 74.6 |
| Region | |||||||||
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | 225 (12.1) | 217 | 96.4 | 305 (12.0) | 156 | 51.1 | 275 (11.6) | 190 | 69.1 |
| Kanto | 459 (24.7) | 443 | 96.5 | 661 (26.0) | 314 | 50.5 | 634 (26.7) | 441 | 69.6 |
| Chubu, Tokai | 367 (19.8) | 352 | 95.9 | 494 (19.4) | 273 | 55.3 | 456 (19.2) | 340 | 74.6 |
| Kinki | 284 (15.3) | 274 | 96.5 | 412 (16.2) | 236 | 57.3 | 385 (16.2) | 286 | 74.3 |
| Chugoku, Shikoku | 209 (11.3) | 198 | 94.7 | 270 (10.6) | 154 | 57.0 | 247 (10.4) | 182 | 73.7 |
| Kyusyu, Okinawa | 313 (16.9) | 295 | 94.2 | 402 (15.8) | 234 | 58.2 | 379 (16.0) | 296 | 78.1 |
aS/T (%): (n of screening hospitals and clinics/n of target hospitals and clinics) × 100