UPDATED 15.10.2013 14:11
Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 392 municipalities (out of 455).
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 | % | |
50-542 | 72236 | 2598 | 3.60 | 2590 | 3.59 | 1949 | 2.70 | 740 | 1.02 | 471 | 0.65 | 200 | 0.28 | 262 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.01 |
55-592 | 53505 | 1326 | 2.48 | 1315 | 2.46 | 920 | 1.72 | 340 | 0.64 | 262 | 0.49 | 75 | 0.14 | 182 | 0.34 | 5 | 0.01 |
60-64 | 9450 | 215 | 2.28 | 211 | 2.23 | 139 | 1.47 | 41 | 0.43 | 52 | 0.55 | 10 | 0.11 | 39 | 0.41 | 3 | 0.03 |
65-69 | 5977 | 141 | 2.36 | 140 | 2.34 | 85 | 1.42 | 35 | 0.59 | 40 | 0.67 | 6 | 0.10 | 33 | 0.55 | 1 | 0.02 |
Total | 141168 | 4280 | 3.03 | 4256 | 3.01 | 3093 | 2.19 | 1156 | 0.82 | 825 | 0.58 | 291 | 0.21 | 516 | 0.37 | 18 | 0.01 |