{"id": 1305930, "name": "Colon and rectum cancer screening coverage among people aged 50 to 74 years", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2026-09-04T13:51:21.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-09-04T13:51:21.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2008-2025", "datasetId": 8148, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "colon_and_rectum_cancer_t", "catalogPath": "grapher/health/2026-09-02/eurostat_cancer/eurostat_cancer#colon_and_rectum_cancer_t", "descriptionShort": "Share of people aged 50 to 74 years who have been screened for colon and rectum cancer within the previous 2 years.", "descriptionFromProducer": "Administrative data on colorectal screening are based on screening programs. The indicator covering colorectal screening is defined in line with the 2003 Council Recommendation on cancer screening (2003/878/EC). It concerns the proportion of the target population who have undergone colorectal cancer screening based on the country's colorectal cancer screening policy, which defines, among others, the target age range and the screening method and interval. The recommended age range is 50 to 74 years and the recommended frequency is every 2 years; however, most countries define their own age range and frequency.", "type": "float", "datasetName": "Preventive cancer screenings - program data", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-09-02", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"attributionShort": "Eurostat", "topicTagsLinks": ["Cancer"]}, "descriptionKey": "- Values come from the administrative records of national organized screening programs, not from population surveys. Screening done outside these programs, for example by general practitioners, is not counted.\n- Coverage is the share of people in a program's target population who were screened within the recommended interval. Several countries use age ranges or screening intervals that differ from the standard ones described here, and Eurostat flags such values as following a different definition.\n- Countries without an organized program for a given cancer, or that cannot compile program data, are not shown.\n- Countries report with a lag, so the most recent year usually has values for only some of them, and recent values can be revised in later releases.", "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2025}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 4, "name": "Belgium", "code": "BEL"}, {"id": 165, "name": "Croatia", "code": "HRV"}, {"id": 162, "name": "Czechia", "code": "CZE"}, {"id": 161, "name": "Denmark", "code": "DNK"}, {"id": 156, "name": "Estonia", "code": "EST"}, {"id": 155, "name": "Finland", "code": "FIN"}, {"id": 3, "name": "France", "code": "FRA"}, {"id": 6, "name": "Germany", "code": "DEU"}, {"id": 149, "name": "Greece", "code": "GRC"}, {"id": 138, "name": "Hungary", "code": "HUN"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Ireland", "code": "IRL"}, {"id": 8, "name": "Italy", "code": "ITA"}, {"id": 122, "name": "Latvia", "code": "LVA"}, {"id": 119, "name": "Lithuania", "code": "LTU"}, {"id": 210, "name": "Luxembourg", "code": "LUX"}, {"id": 212, "name": "Malta", "code": "MLT"}, {"id": 111, "name": "Moldova", "code": "MDA"}, {"id": 215, "name": "Montenegro", "code": "MNE"}, {"id": 5, "name": "Netherlands", "code": "NLD"}, {"id": 102, "name": "Norway", "code": "NOR"}, {"id": 11, "name": "Poland", "code": "POL"}, {"id": 95, "name": "Portugal", "code": "PRT"}, {"id": 88, "name": "Serbia", "code": "SRB"}, {"id": 85, "name": "Slovakia", "code": "SVK"}, {"id": 83, "name": "Slovenia", "code": "SVN"}, {"id": 9, "name": "Spain", "code": "ESP"}, {"id": 10, "name": "Sweden", "code": "SWE"}, {"id": 70, "name": "Turkey", "code": "TUR"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 21226, "title": "Preventive cancer screenings - program data", "description": "Administrative data from national cancer screening programs in European countries, for three cancers: breast cancer (ICD-10 code C50), cervical cancer (C53), and colorectal cancer (C18-C21, malignant neoplasms of the colon, rectosigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal).\n\nValues are the share of the target population (people eligible for the organized screening program) who were screened within the recommended interval. The indicators are defined in line with the 2003 Council Recommendation on cancer screening (2003/878/EC): women aged 50 to 69 years screened for breast cancer within the previous 2 years; women aged 20 to 69 years screened for cervical cancer within the previous 3 years; and people aged 50 to 74 years screened for colorectal cancer within the previous 2 years (or according to the screening frequency recommended in each country). In practice, several countries use different age ranges and screening intervals in their national programs, and some countries have no organized program for a given cancer.\n\nEurostat flags some observations as estimated, as having a definition that differs from the standard one, or as a break in the time series.", "producer": "Eurostat", "citationFull": "European Commission, Eurostat, Preventive cancer screenings - program data, https://doi.org/10.2908/HLTH_PS_PREV [2026-09-02]", "urlMain": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_ps_prev/default/table?lang=en", "urlDownload": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/hlth_ps_prev/?format=SDMX-CSV&compressed=false", "dateAccessed": "2026-09-02", "datePublished": "2026-07-13", "license": {"url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}]}