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 |