UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:12

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2010. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 342 municipalities (out of 342).

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 93679 3132 3.34 1966 2.10 2957 3.16 57 0.06 606 0.65 184 0.20 398 0.42 24 0.03
55-59 68688 1482 2.16 960 1.40 1391 2.03 25 0.04 440 0.64 55 0.08 376 0.55 9 0.01
60-64 85743 1860 2.17 1167 1.36 1741 2.03 33 0.04 670 0.78 83 0.10 571 0.67 16 0.02
65-69 20204 486 2.41 354 1.75 466 2.31 15 0.07 202 1.00 21 0.10 178 0.88 3 0.01
Total 268314 6960 2.59 4447 1.66 6555 2.44 130 0.05 1918 0.71 343 0.13 1523 0.57 52 0.02

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