UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:13

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2007. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups. Information registered from 385 municipalities (out of 416).

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 81029 2353 2.90 1643 2.03 2151 2.65 267 0.33 427 0.53 122 0.15 297 0.37 8 0.01
55-59 58909 1243 2.11 904 1.53 1099 1.87 121 0.21 301 0.51 44 0.07 254 0.43 3 0.01
60-64 44189 909 2.06 708 1.60 832 1.88 82 0.19 283 0.64 38 0.09 242 0.55 3 0.01
65-69 12694 346 2.73 305 2.40 324 2.55 54 0.43 164 1.29 8 0.06 156 1.23 - -
Total 196821 4851 2.46 3560 1.81 4406 2.24 524 0.27 1175 0.60 212 0.11 949 0.48 14 0.01

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