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Country fact sheet: Denmark (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 24

Population (personally invited)

Target population 186 036 176 918 172 565 178 973 714 492
Annual target population 93 018 88 459 86 283 89 487 357 247
Women invited 87 868 68 890 66 300 70 964 294 022
Invitation coverage (%) 94.5 77.9 76.8 79.3 82.3

Examinations (All tests in the year)

Women screened 71 698 62 071 61 072 62 383 257 224
Examination coverage rate (%) 77.1 70.2 70.8 69.7 72.0

Result (All tests in the year)

Positive 2 625 1 226 1 383 1 519 6 753
Negative 68 743 60 628 59 521 60 703 249 595
Referral for further assessment (%) 3.7 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.6

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 2 476 1 141 1 305 1 444 6 366
Not done
Further assessment participation rate (%) 94.3 93.1 94.4 95.1 94.3

Outcome

Negative 560 190 194 205 1 149
Benign lesions 94 26 34 28 182
CIS detected 39 32 33 41 145
Invasive breast cancer 317 290 431 552 1 590
Other histology