National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is important. See these stats for yourself.

Stat 1. Non-invitees had a 7% higher risk of death from any cause, compared with NBCSP invitees

Stat 2. Bowel cancers in non-invitees had 12% higher odds of being more advanced than those in NBCSP invitees

Stat 3. Among invitees, those with screen-detected bowel cancers were more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier stage

Stat 4. Non-invitees had a 13% higher risk of bowel cancer death compared with NBCSP invitees

The above statistics were taken from Analysis of bowel cancer outcomes for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program 2018