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Country fact sheet: Belgium (Wallonia) Wallonia / (Index year: 2013)
| 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 | 128 283 | 120 631 | 112 704 | 92 387 | 454 005 | |||||
| Annual target population | 64 142 | 60 316 | 56 352 | 46 194 | 227 004 | |||||
| Women invited | 75 767 | 58 855 | 53 106 | 36 324 | 224 052 | |||||
| Invitation coverage (%) | 118.1 | 97.6 | 94.2 | 78.6 | 98.7 | |||||
Examinations | ||||||||||
| Women screened | 3 793 | 3 831 | 3 519 | 2 820 | 13 963 | |||||
| Participation rate (%) | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.2 | |||||
Result (A subset of tests) | ||||||||||
| Subset women screened | 4 952 | 4 796 | 4 501 | 3 805 | 18 054 | |||||
| Positive | 520 | 378 | 334 | 296 | 1 528 | |||||
| Negative | 4 432 | 4 418 | 4 167 | 3 509 | 16 526 | |||||
| Referral for further assessment (%) | 10.5 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||||
Further assessment (all positive) | ||||||||||
| Done | 464 | 330 | 298 | 262 | 1 354 | |||||
| Not done | 56 | 48 | 36 | 34 | 174 | |||||
| Further assessment participation rate (%) | 89.2 | 87.3 | 89.2 | 88.5 | 88.6 | |||||
Outcome | ||||||||||
| Negative | 376 | 250 | 207 | 181 | 1 014 | |||||
| Benign lesions | 32 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 84 | |||||
| CIS detected | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||||
| Invasive breast cancer | 8 | 19 | 31 | 36 | 94 | |||||
| Other histology | 1 | 1 | ||||||||