UPDATED 12.06.2014 13:33

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2012. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 336 municipalities (out of 336).

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 89926 2982 3.32 1925 2.14 2887 3.21 31 0.03 561 0.62 142 0.16 387 0.43 32 0.04
55-59 66437 1442 2.17 936 1.41 1405 2.11 24 0.04 398 0.60 68 0.10 306 0.46 24 0.04
60-64 99031 2226 2.25 1457 1.47 2163 2.18 27 0.03 761 0.77 98 0.10 641 0.65 22 0.02
65-69 29039 759 2.61 565 1.95 742 2.56 10 0.03 319 1.10 27 0.09 280 0.96 12 0.04
Total 284433 7409 2.60 4883 1.72 7197 2.53 92 0.03 2039 0.72 335 0.12 1614 0.57 90 0.03

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