Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 May 2017
448. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons within the target cohort, that is women and men aged 60 to 69 years of age, that have been invited to take part in BowelScreen since the programme began in 2012, in tabular form. [21800/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraBowelScreen, the National Bowel Screening Programme offers free bowel screening to men and women aged 60-69. The number of clients within this target cohort that have been invited to take part in BowelScreen since it began in 2012 is outlined in the table.
|
Invitees |
2012/12 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016* |
|
No. of eligible men and women aged 60-69 invited to BowelScreen |
59,658 |
170,294 |
220,500 |
279,466 (Initial 246,588) (Subsequent 32,878)** |
*Provisional figures for 2016.
** 32,878 clients who had previously participated were reinvited for a subsequent screening in 2016.
