Cancer screening coverage: cervical cancer (aged 50 to 64 years old) - WMCA

The proportion of women in the resident population eligible for cervical screening aged 50 to 64 years at end of period reported who were screened adequately within the previous 5.5 years.RationaleCervical screening supports detection of cell abnormalities that may become cancer and is estimated to save 4,500 lives in England each year. Inclusion of this indicator provides an opportunity to incentivise screening promotion and other local initiatives to increase coverage of cervical cancer screening.Improvements in coverage would mean more cervical cancer is prevented or detected at earlier, more treatable stages.Definition of numeratorTested women (numerator) is the number of eligible women with a technically adequate screen within the previous 5.5 years.Definition of denominatorEligible women (denominator) is the number of women aged 50 to 64 years resident in the area (determined by postcode of residence) who are eligible for cervical screening at a given point in time, excluding those without a cervix.Caveats"Data for ICBs are estimated from local authority data. In most cases ICBs are coterminous with local authorities, so the ICB figures are precise. In cases where local authorities cross ICB boundaries, the local authority data are proportionally split between ICBs, based on population located in each ICB.The affected ICBs are:Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire;Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes;Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West;Cambridgeshire and Peterborough;Frimley;Hampshire and Isle of Wight;Hertfordshire and West Essex;Humber and North Yorkshire;Lancashire and South Cumbria;Norfolk and Waveney;North East and North Cumbria;Suffolk and North East Essex;Surrey Heartlands;Sussex;West Yorkshire.Eligible pupils are those children who turn 5 within the academic year unless:an exemption has been granted by the secretary of state from the profilethe child has recently arrived from abroad and so an accurate and valid assessment cannot be completed.the child has spent a lengthy period of time away from the setting, for example: due to illness or medical treatment.the child is continuing in early years foundation stage profile provision beyond the year in which they turn 5"

期内报告的居住人口中50至64岁适合进行宫颈癌筛查的女性比例，在过去5.5年内已充分接受筛查。该指标的纳入为激励筛查推广及其他地方性倡议提供了机会，以增加宫颈癌筛查的覆盖范围。覆盖率的提升意味着更多宫颈癌得以预防或在早期、更易治疗阶段被发现。分子定义：接受筛查的女性（分子）指在过去5.5年内拥有技术合格筛查的合格女性数量。分母定义：合格女性（分母）指居住在区域内（由居住地的邮编确定）且在特定时间点符合宫颈癌筛查条件的50至64岁女性数量，不包括无宫颈的女性。注意事项：ICB（地区临床服务团）的数据是基于地方当局数据进行估算的。在大多数情况下，ICB与地方当局的界限相同，因此ICB数据准确无误。在地方当局跨越ICB界限的情况下，地方当局数据将按比例分配给各个ICB，基于每个ICB内的人口分布。受影响的ICB包括：巴斯及东北索美塞克斯、斯旺西和威尔特郡；贝德福德郡、卢顿和米尔顿凯恩斯；白金汉郡、牛津郡和伯克郡西部；剑桥郡和彼得伯勒；弗里姆利；汉普郡和怀特岛；赫特福德郡和西艾塞克斯； Humble和北约克郡；兰开夏郡和南坎布里亚；诺福克和韦恩；东北和南坎布里亚；萨福克和东北艾塞克斯；萨里心脏地带；萨塞克斯；西约克郡。合格学生是指在本学年内满5岁的儿童，除非：国家教育部长已经免除其参与；儿童最近从国外抵达，因此无法完成准确有效的评估；儿童因疾病或医疗治疗等长期离开教育场所；儿童在满5岁后的年份继续参加早期教育阶段课程。