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

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