UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:18

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2009. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 320 municipalities (out of 348).

Age group1 Screened Referral Additional
mammogram
Ultra-
sonography
Fine-needle
biopsy
Surgery Histological diagnosis
      Benign      Malignant    Unknown
  n n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
50-54 82134 2690 3.28 1819 2.21 2511 3.06 84 0.10 506 0.62 127 0.15 368 0.45 11 0.01
55-59 56721 1349 2.38 948 1.67 1240 2.19 54 0.10 370 0.65 63 0.11 299 0.53 8 0.01
60-64 71883 1644 2.29 1190 1.66 1515 2.11 58 0.08 570 0.79 77 0.11 479 0.67 14 0.02
65-69 13817 329 2.38 262 1.90 316 2.29 14 0.10 133 0.96 11 0.08 121 0.88 1 0.01
Total 224555 6012 2.68 4219 1.88 5582 2.49 210 0.09 1579 0.70 278 0.12 1267 0.56 34 0.02

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.