Table 1.

Changes in cancer screening participation rates by geographical region, 2019 vs. 2020

Variables		Colorectal1	Gastric2	Breast3	Cervical4
Total
2019	Eligible population	14,526,424	11,625,627	6,109,269	8,299,528
	Participants	5,886,319	7,194,489	3,894,928	4,799,842
	Participants per 1,000	405	619	638	578
	Participation rate (%)	40.5	61.9	63.8	57.8
2020	Eligible population	14,556,118	11,439,268	5,912,890	8,120,142
	Participants	5,135,163	6,244,491	3,299,516	4,240,658
	Participants per 1,000	353	546	558	522
	Participation rate (%)	35.3	54.6	55.8	52.2
	%p	-5.2	-7.3	-8.0	-5.6
	%	-12.8	-11.8	-12.5	-9.7
Capital
2019	Eligible population	6,769,700	5,548,982	2,917,160	4,108,335
	Participants	2,830,807	3,372,486	1,859,299	2,411,769
	Participants per 1,000	418	608	637	587
	Participation rate (%)	41.8	60.8	63.7	58.7
2020	Eligible population	6,817,037	5,490,381	2,842,524	4,053,003
	Participants	2,479,458	2,923,408	1,579,110	2,139,826
	Participants per 1,000	364	532	556	528
	Participation rate (%)	36.4	53.2	55.6	52.8
	%p	-5.4	-7.5	-8.2	-5.9
	%	-13.0	-12.4	-12.8	-10.1
Central
2019	Eligible population	1,122,616	1,635,797	845,308	1,122,616
	Participants	867,372	1,047,572	550,477	645,731
	Participants per 1,000	773	640	651	575
	Participation rate (%)	77.3	64.0	65.1	57.5
2020	Eligible population	1,094,473	1,600,580	818,088	1,094,473
	Participants	735,432	923,888	465,654	569,714
	Participants per 1,000	672	583	569	521
	Participation rate (%)	67.2	58.3	56.9	52.1
	%p	-10.1	-5.8	-8.2	-5.5
	%	-13.0	-9.0	-12.6	-9.5
Southwestern
2019	Eligible population	1,771,950	1,378,301	722,990	930,931
	Participants	733,906	898,762	478,206	527,705
	Participants per 1,000	414	652	661	567
	Participation rate (%)	41.4	65.2	66.1	56.7
2020	Eligible population	1,750,459	1,336,719	692,605	905,455
	Participants	638,475	772,410	399,709	468,560
	Participants per 1,000	365	578	577	517
	Participation rate (%)	36.5	57.8	57.7	51.7
	%p	-4.9	-7.4	-8.4	-4.9
	%	-11.9	-11.4	-12.7	-8.7
Southeastern
2019	Eligible population	3,894,743	3,062,547	1,623,811	2,137,646
	Participants	1,454,234	1,875,669	1,006,946	1,214,637
	Participants per 1,000	373	612	620	568
	Participation rate (%)	37.3	61.2	62.0	56.8
2020	Eligible population	3,921,727	3,011,588	1,559,673	2,067,211
	Participants	1,281,787	1,645,210	855,043	1,062,558
	Participants per 1,000	327	546	548	514
	Participation rate (%)	32.7	54.6	54.8	51.4
	%p	-4.7	-6.6	-7.2	-5.4
	%	-12.5	-10.8	-11.6	-9.5

¹Fecal immunochemical test.

²Endoscopic gastroduodenoscopy or upper gastrointestinal series.

³Mammography.

⁴Pap smear.