Table 2. Cumulative reduction of tests performed in Italian screening programs and average cumulated delay in testing, with ranges between regions, by geographical macro area.
January 2020 to May 2021. Data from ONS survey.
| Cervix | Breast | Colorectal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macro area | Test cumulative reduction Jan 2020–May 2021 | Average delay in months | Range between regions | Test cumulative reduction Jan 2020–May 2021 | Average delay in months | Range between regions | Test cumulative reduction Jan 2020–May 2021 | Average delay in months | Range between regions | |||
| Minimum | Maximum | Minimum | Maximum | Minimum | Maximum | |||||||
| North | –409,092 | –6.4 | –12.1 | +7.5 | –438,744 | –4.5 | –10.1 | –0.9 | –800,101 | –5.9 | –14 | +2.7 |
| Center | –136,393 | –4.2 | –6.6 | –0.5 | –154,783 | –4.0 | –6.0 | –1.4 | –213,418 | –4.4 | –6.3 | –0.8 |
| South and Islands | –239,275 | –7.2 | –12.7 | –5.6 | –223,439 | –6.9 | –11.2 | –5.8 | –182,468 | –8.4 | –13.4 | -2 |
| Italy | –784,760 | –6.0 | –816,966 | –4.8 | –1,195,987 | –5.8 | ||||||
ONS: National Screening Monitoring Centre.