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Country fact sheet: Spain (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 1 648 642 1 419 284 1 286 727 1 190 748 1 850 950 7 396 351
Annual target population 824 321 709 642 643 364 595 374 925 475 3 698 176
Women invited 487 677 407 809 354 896 344 773 754 214 2 349 369
Invitation coverage (%) 59.2 57.5 55.2 57.9 81.5 63.5

Examinations

Women screened 345 231 300 296 272 114 262 621 474 603 1 654 865
Participation rate (%) 70.8 73.6 76.7 76.2 62.9 70.4

Result (A subset of tests)

Subset women screened 345 231 300 296 272 114 262 621 1 180 262
Positive 23 545 11 362 9 224 8 620 52 751
Negative 321 686 288 934 262 890 254 001 1 127 511
Referral for further assessment (%) 6.8 3.8 3.4 3.3 0.0 4.5

Further assessment (a subset of positive)

Subset positive tests 10 019.0 5 329.0 4 364.0 4 129.0 23 841
Done 9 958 5 291 4 328 4 093 23 670
Not done 61 38 36 36 171
Further assessment participation rate (%) 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.1

Outcome (Subset further assessments performed)

Subset further assessments performed 9 958 5 291 4 328 4 093 23 670
Negative 9 339 4 728 3 746 3 454 21 267
Benign lesions 80 41 40 40 201
CIS detected 87 70 65 74 296
Invasive breast cancer 452 452 477 525 1 906
Other histology
Basque Country / (Index year: 2018)
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) 24 24 24 24

Population (personally invited)

Target population 86 600 82 800 73 300 67 100 309 800
Annual target population 43 300 41 400 36 650 33 550 154 900
Women invited 42 097 41 060 36 074 31 111 150 342
Invitation coverage (%) 97.2 99.2 98.4 92.7 97.1

Examinations (All tests in the year)

Women screened 30 888 31 677 28 342 24 513 115 420
Examination coverage rate (%) 71.3 76.5 77.3 73.1 74.5

Result (All tests in the year)

Positive 316 205 207 171 899
Negative 30 554 31 459 28 125 24 340 114 478
Referral for further assessment (%) 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 315 205 205 170 895
Not done 1 2 1 4
Further assessment participation rate (%) 99.7 100.0 99.0 99.4 99.6

Outcome

Negative
Benign lesions 158 60 43 38 299
CIS detected 26 20 21 25 92
Invasive breast cancer 130 125 139 106 500
Other histology