Are there ethnic and religious variations in uptake of bowel cancer screening? A retrospective cohort study among 1.7 million people in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cancer screening should be equitably accessed by all populations. Uptake of colorectal cancer screening was examined using the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study that links the Scottish Census 2001 to health data by individual-level self-reported ethnicity and religion.

Setting

Data on 1.7 million individuals in two rounds of the Scottish Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (2007-2013) were linked to the 2001 Census using the Scottish Community Health Index number.

Main outcome measure

Uptake of colorectal cancer screening, reported as age-adjusted risk ratios (RRs) by ethnic group and religion were calculated for men and women with 95% CI.

Results

In the first, incidence screening round, compared with white Scottish men, Other White British (RR

SUBMITTER: Campbell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542953 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature