Table 1

Uptake and positivity by numbers invited, strategic health authority area and gender (after first 2 million invitations)

Strategic health authority	Men							Women
Strategic health authority	Invited	Kit returned	Uptake (%)	Abnormal result	%	Attended for investigation	%	Invited	Kit returned	Uptake (%)	Abnormal result	%	Attended for investigation	%
North East	101 726	53 140	52.2	1271	2.4	1111	87	104 669	56 098	53.6	701	1.2	620	88
Yorkshire and the Humber	85 441	45 147	52.8	988	2.2	809	82	87 132	50 177	57.6	588	1.2	499	85
North West	174 264	85 506	49.1	2515	2.9	2141	85	178 708	93 521	52.3	1531	1.6	1272	83
West Midlands	122 242	63 227	51.7	1590	2.5	1288	81	123 609	69 744	56.4	1057	1.5	897	85
East Midlands	82 115	44 057	53.7	1172	2.7	952	81	82 262	47 730	58.0	829	1.7	649	78
East of England	105 422	58 493	55.5	1406	2.4	1240	88	107 488	66 353	61.7	958	1.4	829	87
London	194 564	71 620	36.8	2052	2.9	1595	78	194 138	83 502	43.0	1531	1.8	1209	79
South Central	22 466	10 430	46.4	248	2.4	183	74	22 136	11 813	53.4	160	1.4	123	77
South East Coast	56 363	31 387	55.7	609	1.9	515	85	58 817	36 513	62.1	389	1.1	309	79
South West	84 708	47 137	55.6	925	2.0	774	84	85 837	52 978	61.7	586	1.1	503	86
Total	1 029 311	510 864	49.6	12 776	2.5	10 608	83	1 044 796	568 429	54.4	8330	1.5	6910	83