National Aggregate

Five-Year Summary: July 2016 to June 2021

Tables and graphs report on cancer screening and diagnostic services provided through the program in a recent 5-year period. The data represent clinical services funded directly through the NBCCEDP as reported in the April 2022 submission of the NBCCEDP Minimum Data Elements (MDE).

National aggregate data are typically used to report results from the program and as a standard to compare results of grantee programs. Comparing data across grantee programs is not advised due to extensive variation across programs. For information on interpreting the data, refer to Screening Program Data. For information on the program, refer to About the Program.

Data for the following are suppressed for programs with fewer than 200 screens, cell sizes less than 16, and rates and percentages that do not meet a test of relative standard error less than 30%, a measure of the estimate’s reliability. Differences are due to rounding.

Service Totals by Year

This bar graph illustrates the number of women who received NBCCEDP-funded services by program year from July 2016 to June 2021.

Program year (PY) is defined as July 1 through June 30. For example, “PY22” represents July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Program Overview

Women Served through the NBCCEDP
Category Number
Women served [1] 1,135,829
Women receiving cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services 585,946
Women receiving breast cancer screening and diagnostic services 952,360

Each category reports counts of unduplicated women receiving services within the 5-year period. Women may be counted in more than one category.

1: Women served includes women receiving any screening or diagnostic procedure with services funded through the NBCCEDP.

Data source: April 2022 submission of NBCCEDP Minimum Data Elements (MDE) for National Aggregate.

Cervical Cancer Services

This pie chart illustrates the distribution of 585,946 women receiving NBCCEDP-funded cervical services from July 2016 to June 2021 by race and ethnicity.

This pie chart illustrates the distribution of 585,946 women receiving NBCCEDP-funded cervical services from July 2016 to June 2021 by age.

Cervical Results and Outcomes
Category Number
HPV tests provided 405,300
HPV tests with abnormal results [1] 68,509
Percentage of HPV tests with abnormal results 16.9
Pap tests provided 638,213
Pap tests with abnormal results [2] 34,312
Percentage of Pap tests with abnormal results 5.4
Age-adjusted percentage [3] 4.1
Cervical cancers or premalignant cervical lesions [4] 28,281
CIN1 or LSIL 18,037
CIN2 or worse [5] 10,244
Rate of CIN2 or worse detected per 1,000 Pap tests [5] 16.1
Age-adjusted rate per 1,000 Pap tests [3] 12.0

1: Abnormal HPV test results include: all positive high-risk HPV test results.

2: Abnormal Pap test results include: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance – cannot exclude HSIL (ASC-H), atypical glandular cells (AGC), and squamous cell cancer.

3: Adjusted to the age distribution of NBCCEDP participants having Pap tests performed in calendar year 2000.

4: Includes LSIL, HSIL, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)1, CIN2, CIN3, carcinoma in situ (CIS), and invasive cervical cancer.

5: Includes HSIL, CIN2, CIN3, CIS, and invasive cervical cancer.

Table includes HPV and Pap tests provided to women with services funded through the NBCCEDP. An additional 612 women, not included above, were diagnosed with LSIL, HSIL, CIN1, CIN2, CIN3, CIS, or invasive cervical cancer through the NBCCEDP following a Pap test with services funded through another source.

Breast Cancer Services

This pie chart illustrates the distribution of 952,360 women receiving NBCCEDP-funded breast services from July 2016 to June 2021 by race and ethnicity.

This pie chart illustrates the distribution of 952,360 women receiving NBCCEDP-funded breast services from July 2016 to June 2021 by age.

Breast Results and Outcomes
Category Number
Mammograms provided 1,067,745
Mammograms with abnormal results [1] 193,031
Percentage of mammograms with abnormal results 18.1
Age-adjusted percentage [2] 17.0
Breast cancers detected [3] 13,114
Rate of breast cancers detected per 1,000 mammograms 12.3
Age-adjusted rate per 1,000 mammograms [2] 12.6

1: Abnormals include mammogram results of: suspicious abnormality, highly suggestive of malignancy, and assessment incomplete (further imaging studies or film comparisons required).

2: Adjusted to the age distribution of NBCCEDP participants 40 years of age and older having mammograms performed in calendar year 2000.

3: Breast cancers include invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and other in situ excluding lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS).

Table includes mammograms provided to women age 40 and older with services funded through the NBCCEDP. An additional 78 women, not included above, were diagnosed with CIS (other), DCIS, or invasive breast cancer through the NBCCEDP following a mammogram with services funded through another source.

Page last reviewed: September 14, 2022