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Table 3 Uptake of breast and bowel screening by ethnicity (2000-02); numbers (row percentages)

From: Comparison of breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns in a common cohort of South Asian women in England

Ethnicity

Breast and bowel screening uptake

 

Breast & bowel

Breast only

Bowel only

Neither

Total

 

Count

(%)

Count

(%)

Count

(%)

Count

(%)

Count

South Asian

1057

(29.9)

1430

(40.4)

143

(4.0)

909

(25.7)

3539

Non-Asian

40969

(59.4)

14091

(20.4)

4735

(6.9)

9232

(13.4)

69027

Hindu-Gujarati

230

(35.8)

267

(41.6)

22

(3.4)

123

(19.2)

642

Hindu-Other

113

(32.3)

144

(41.1)

12

(3.4)

81

(23.1)

350

Muslim

164

(22.3)

238

(32.3)

37

(5.0)

297

(40.4)

736

Sikh

534

(30.4)

762

(43.4)

67

(3.8)

391

(22.3)

1754

South Asian Other

16

(28.1)

19

(33.3)

5

(8.8)

17

(29.8)

57

Total

42026

(57.9)

15521

(21.4)

4878

(6.7)

10141

(14.0)

72566