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 |