The European Union (EU) statistics related to cancer screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer show Latvia to be be lagging behind many other countries, particularly the Nordic members of the EU.
Data on breast cancer screening rates are available for 23 EU countries, generally for 2022. Among these EU countries, screening rates were below 40.0% in five countries, including Latvia, with the lowest share of 28.5% reported in Slovakia. Denmark (2021 data), Finland and Sweden reported screening rates of over 80%, while Slovenia also had a rate…