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Country fact sheet: France (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 24 0 0

Population (personally invited)

Target population 2 229 087 2 153 249 2 132 100 1 689 672 1 284 287 9 488 395
Annual target population 1 114 544 1 076 625 1 066 050 844 836 642 144 4 744 199
Women invited 1 327 829 1 066 160 1 036 964 781 603 597 846 4 810 402
Invitation coverage (%) 119.1 99.0 97.3 92.5 93.1 101.4

Examinations

Women screened 582 290 549 773 581 845 432 997 320 005 2 466 910
Participation rate (%) 43.9 51.6 56.1 55.4 53.5 51.3

Result (All tests in the invitation cohort)

Positive 68 572 49 866 47 980 35 028 24 362 225 808
Negative 510 685 496 643 530 452 395 431 293 671 2 226 882
Referral for further assessment (%) 11.8 9.1 8.2 8.1 7.6 9.2

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 66 137 47 946 45 870 33 389 23 126 216 468
Not done 2 433 1 918 2 110 1 639 1 236 9 336
Further assessment participation rate (%) 96.4 96.1 95.6 95.3 94.9 95.9

Outcome

Negative 60 492 43 164 40 540 28 835 19 340 192 371
Benign lesions 1 000 649 618 430 272 2 969
CIS detected 596 497 612 484 357 2 546
Invasive breast cancer 2 701 2 783 3 531 3 274 2 756 15 045
Other histology