Written answers
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Department of Health
Cancer Screening Programmes
Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women BreastCheck screened in quarter 4 of 2015 and quarter 1 of 2016, by age 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69, by local authority, in tabular form. [13843/16]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The implementation of the age extension of BreastCheck to 65-69 year olds commenced in Quarter 4 of 2015. The age extension is being implemented on an incremental basis, starting mainly with those aged 65, in line with the capacity of the system to manage the additional screening and follow up workload.
A total of 411 women were screened in Quarter 4 of 2015 and a further 3,935 were screened in Quarter 1 of 2016. By 2021 all women in the 50-69 year age group will be able to avail of the programme. The additional eligible population is approximately 100,000 and, when fully implemented, 540,000 women will be included in the BreastCheck Programme.
A breakdown of those screened by age and location is in the following table.
Quarter 4 2015
| Region | Age 65 | Age 66 | Age 67 | Age 68 | Age 69 | Total 65-69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary South & Waterford. | 102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| East: Dublin City and County, Cavan, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford & Wicklow | 162 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
| West: Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo & Tipperary North | 101 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 |
| Total | 365 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 411 |
Quarter 1 2016
| Region | Age 65 | Age 66 | Age 67 | Age 68 | Age 69 | Total 65-69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary South and Waterford. | 914 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 972 |
| East: Dublin City and County, Cavan, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford & Wicklow | 2,002 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2,069 |
| West: Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo & Tipperary North | 868 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 894 |
| Total | 3784 | 145 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3935 |
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