This document discusses cervical cancer screening coverage rates in England. It provides coverage rates for September 2016 at the clinical commissioning group (CCG) level for women ages 25-49 and 50-64. Coverage is calculated based on the number of eligible women who had an adequate screening test within the last 3.5 years (ages 25-49) or 5.5 years (ages 50-64). The document also examines relationships between coverage rates and ethnicity/smoking rates at the CCG level.

1. Cervical screening coverage
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2. Notes
Coverage is calculated as the number of eligible women having an adequate screening
result within the last 3.5 years (for 25 to 49 age group) or last 5.5 years (for 50 to 64 age
group)
Eligible women are those within the age group and not ceased from screening for clinical
reasons
Coverage at CCG (clinical commissioning group) level is currently available 6 months in
arrears, so at the end of March 2017 the figures for September 2016 became available
Sources of data:
Coverage data - National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS) systems
accessed using Open Exeter: https://nww.openexeter.nhs.uk/nhsia
Population data – Various public health profiles collated by Public Health England at:
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk. See individual graphs for original references.
2 Coverage September 2016

3. Notes
Clinical commissioning groups (CCG) are NHS organisations set up by the Health and
Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in England. They are
clinically led groups that include all of the general practice groups in their geographical
area.
In September 2016, there were 209 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England ,
with varying sizes of eligible female population.
Eligible (female) CCG populations at end of September 2016
Median : (ages 25 to 49) 41,269 over 33 practices
(ages 50 to 64 ) 19,136 over 33 practices
Smallest : (ages 25 to 49) Corby = 13,400 over 5 practices
(ages 50 to 64) Bradford City = 5,421 over 28 practices
Largest : (ages 25 to 49) Cambs .& Peterborough = 162,432 over 107 practices
(ages 50 to 64) Northern, Eastern & Western Devon = 79,386 over 120
practices
3 Coverage September 2016

4. Cervical screening
coverage by CCG
ages 25 to 49
Showing proportion of eligible
women aged 25 to 49 who have had
an adequate screening test within
the previous 3.5 years
Standard >= 80%
4 Coverage September 2016
OPEN DATA. This file contains the digital vector boundaries for clinical
commissioning groups in England as at July 2015.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right.
Source for coverage data: National Health Application and Infrastructure
Services (NHAIS) systems accessed using Open Exeter. NHS Digital

5. Cervical screening
coverage by CCG
ages 50 to 64
Showing proportion of eligible
women aged 50 to 64 who have had
an adequate screening test within
the previous 5.5 years
Standard >= 80%
5 Coverage September 2016
OPEN DATA. This file contains the digital vector boundaries for clinical
commissioning groups in England as at July 2015.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right.
Source for coverage data: National Health Application and Infrastructure
Services (NHAIS) systems accessed using Open Exeter. NHS Digital

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0 20 40 60 80
Coverage%
BAME %
Minority Ethnic %
Age25to4
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Age50to6
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Ethnicity rate vs. cervical screening
coverage at CCG level
6 Coverage September 2016
NB Linear trend
lines are guides
only and may
not be
statistically
significant.
Source for ethnicity data:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/201
1census = proportion of population
from mixed, black, Asian and ‘other’
ethnic groups
Source for coverage data: National
Health Application and
Infrastructure Services (NHAIS)
systems accessed using Open
Exeter.
Data for September 2016
Green line indicates national
coverage standard of at least 80%

7. Smoking rate vs. cervical screening
coverage at CCG level
7 Coverage September 2016
50
55
60
65
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80
85
90
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Coverage%
Smoking %
Smoking %
Age25to49
Age50to64
Source for smoking rates: QOF
data. (Smoking prevalance in the
general adult population aged 15+
for the year 2015/16)
Source for coverage data: National
Health Application and
Infrastructure Services (NHAIS)
systems accessed using Open
Exeter. Data for September 2016
Green line indicates national
coverage standard of at least 80%
NB Linear trend
lines are guides
only and may
not be
statistically
significant.