UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:16

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 384 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 80761 2682 3.32 1832 2.27 2484 3.08 243 0.30 532 0.66 170 0.21 352 0.44 10 0.01
55-59 59713 1317 2.21 912 1.53 1224 2.05 118 0.20 370 0.62 65 0.11 300 0.50 5 0.01
60-64 47233 1158 2.45 827 1.75 1092 2.31 134 0.28 411 0.87 64 0.14 343 0.73 4 0.01
65-69 11327 343 3.03 281 2.48 325 2.87 48 0.42 138 1.22 18 0.16 119 1.05 1 0.01
Total 199034 5500 2.76 3852 1.94 5125 2.57 543 0.27 1451 0.73 317 0.16 1114 0.56 20 0.01

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