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Country fact sheet: Finland (Index year: 2012)

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	0
Population (personally invited)
Target population			185 308	191 717	198 366	172 561				747 952
Annual target population			92 654	95 859	99 183	86 281				373 977
Women invited			109 184	79 933	118 394	35 105				342 616
Invitation coverage (%)			117.8	83.4	119.4	40.7				91.6
Examinations
Women screened			89 926	66 437	99 031	29 039				284 433
Participation rate (%)			82.4	83.1	83.6	82.7				83.0
Result (All tests in the invitation cohort)
Positive			2 982	1 442	2 226	759				7 409
Negative			86 944	64 995	96 805	28 280				277 024
Referral for further assessment (%)			3.3	2.2	2.2	2.6				2.6
Further assessment (all positive)
Done			2 978	1 439	2 224	759				7 400
Not done			4	3	2					9
Further assessment participation rate (%)			99.9	99.8	99.9	100.0				99.9
Outcome
Negative			2 405	1 036	1 456	435				5 332
Benign lesions			142	68	98	27				335
CIS detected			70	27	73	32				202
Invasive breast cancer			317	279	568	248				1 412
Other histology				1		1				2

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