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Country fact sheet: Belgium (Flanders) Flanders / (Index year: 2014)

Age group 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 Age unknown Total

Interval

Screening interval (months) 0 0 24 24 24 24 0 0 12

Population (personally invited)

Target population 235 593 213 916 191 129 172 369 813 007
Annual target population 117 797 106 958 95 565 86 185 406 505
Women invited 133 650 96 126 93 917 83 215 406 908
Invitation coverage (%) 113.5 89.9 98.3 96.6 100.1

Examinations

Women screened 61 736 48 239 47 516 40 384 197 875
Participation rate (%) 46.2 50.2 50.6 48.5 48.6

Result (A subset of tests)

Subset women screened 64 167 49 856 48 723 41 330 204 076
Positive 2 050 1 117 1 081 983 5 231
Negative 62 246 48 853 47 750 40 434 199 283
Referral for further assessment (%) 3.2 2.2 2.2 2.4 0.0 2.6

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 1 876 1 029 992 902 4 799
Not done 174 88 89 81 432
Further assessment participation rate (%) 91.5 92.1 91.8 91.8 91.7

Outcome

Negative 1 534 759 679 588 3 560
Benign lesions 17 9 4 4 34
CIS detected 56 49 51 46 202
Invasive breast cancer 226 184 234 239 883
Other histology 1 1 1 3