UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:15
Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2011. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 335 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 | 95311 | 3321 | 3.48 | 2014 | 2.11 | 3171 | 3.33 | 49 | 0.05 | 630 | 0.66 | 166 | 0.17 | 420 | 0.44 | 44 | 0.05 |
55-59 | 64765 | 1502 | 2.32 | 980 | 1.51 | 1437 | 2.22 | 21 | 0.03 | 420 | 0.65 | 76 | 0.12 | 336 | 0.52 | 8 | 0.01 |
60-64 | 102737 | 2472 | 2.41 | 1571 | 1.53 | 2367 | 2.30 | 29 | 0.03 | 830 | 0.81 | 117 | 0.11 | 681 | 0.66 | 32 | 0.03 |
65-69 | 26742 | 737 | 2.76 | 531 | 1.99 | 712 | 2.66 | 8 | 0.03 | 281 | 1.05 | 33 | 0.12 | 236 | 0.88 | 12 | 0.04 |
Total | 289555 | 8032 | 2.77 | 5096 | 1.76 | 7687 | 2.65 | 107 | 0.04 | 2161 | 0.75 | 392 | 0.14 | 1673 | 0.58 | 96 | 0.03 |