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Country fact sheet: Spain (Basque Country) 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