Effect of screening on incidence of and mortality from cancer of cervix in England: evaluation based on routinely collected statistics

摘要: # Effect of screening on incidence and mortality from cancer cervix in England: evaluation based routinely collected statistics {#article-title-2} Objective: To assess the impact cervical cancer. Design: Comparison age specific before after introduction national call recall system 1988. Setting: England. Subjects: Women aged over 19 years. Results: From mid-1960s, number smears taken rose continuously to 4.5 million at end 1980s. Between 1988 1994, coverage target group doubled around 85%. Registrations situ disease increased broadly parallel with numbers taken. The overall invasive remained stable up 1980s, although there were strong cohort effects; 1990 fell 1995 was 35% lower than fall since 1950 accelerated 1980s; effects. Mortality women under 55 much 1990s would have been expected. Conclusions: incentive payments general practitioners This resulted falls all regions England groups 30 74. older largely unrelated screening, but without might 800 more deaths 1997.