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. 2021 Dec 31;72(714):e26–e33. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0350

Table 2.

Percentage of women screened within 4 months and 12 months by intervention arm, by age, ethnicity, time since last screen and GP practice

Characteristic Screened, % (n screened/n eligible)

Within 4 months Within 12 months


Intervention Control Intervention Control
Total 20.4 (80/393) 4.9 (19/391) 30.5 (120/393) 13.6 (53/391)

Age, years
  50–54 19.7 (25/127) 5.9 (8/135) 29.1 (37/127) 16.3 (22/135)
  55–59 21.3 (33/155) 5.3 (7/131) 32.9 (51/155) 12.2 (16/131)
  60–64 19.8 (22/111) 3.2 (4/125) 28.8 (32/111) 12.0 (15/125)

Ethnic background
  White 23.1 (53/229) 2.8 (6/218) 32.3 (74/229) 11.0 (24/218)
  Black 20.3 (14/69) 4.5 (3/67) 29.0 (20/69) 17.9 (12/67)
  Asian 16.1 (9/56) 11.9 (8/67) 26.8 (15/56) 19.4 (13/67)
  Mixed/other/unknown 10.3 (4/39) 5.1 (2/39) 23.1 (9/39) 10.3 (4/39)

Time since the last screening test
  Late (6–<10 years) 23.9 (65/272) 6.1 (16/264) 36.0 (98/272) 15.9 (42/264)
  Very late (≥10–15 years) 12.4 (15/121) 2.4 (3/127) 18.2 (22/121) 8.7 (11/127)

GP practice
  1 6.3 (1/16) 0.0 (0/15) 25.0 (4/16) 20.0 (3/15)
  2 33.3 (5/15) 6.3 (1/16) 40.0 (6/15) 12.5 (2/16)
  3 19.0 (11/58) 1.9 (1/54) 24.1 (14/58) 7.4 (4/54)
  4 16.0 (8/50) 4.1 (2/49) 28.0 (14/50) 8.2 (4/49)
  5 26.0 (13/50) 8.5 (4/47) 30.0 (15/50) 12.8 (6/47)
  6 5.6 (2/36) 10.3 (4/39) 22.2 (8/36) 17.9 (7/39)
  7 0.0 (0/8) 0.0 (0/13) 12.5 (1/8) 15.4 (2/13)
  8 22.0 (11/50) 2.0 (1/51) 30.0 (15/50) 7.8 (4/51)
  9 29.9 (26/87) 5.9 (5/85) 44.8 (39/87) 21.2 (18/85)
  10 13.0 (3/23) 4.5 (1/22) 17.4 (4/23) 13.6 (3/22)