UPDATED 08.12.2010 14:59

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2008. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 415 municipalities (out of 415).

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 95743 3034 3.17 2132 2.23 2818 2.94 272 0.28 606 0.63 174 0.18 423 0.44 9 0.01
55-59 70881 1523 2.15 1101 1.55 1431 2.02 136 0.19 437 0.62 71 0.10 361 0.51 5 0.01
60-64 60641 1417 2.34 1057 1.74 1338 2.21 154 0.25 512 0.84 72 0.12 437 0.72 3 0.00
65-69 15574 414 2.66 343 2.20 393 2.52 51 0.33 170 1.09 20 0.13 149 0.96 1 0.01
Total 242839 6388 2.63 4633 1.91 5980 2.46 613 0.25 1725 0.71 337 0.14 1370 0.56 18 0.01

Data missing for women with referral to surgery in the Kainuu, Lappi and Länsi-Pohja health care districts.
1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.