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Country fact sheet: United Kingdom (England) England / (Index year: April 2013 to March 2014)

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 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0

Population (personally invited)

Target population 1 982 895 1 799 334 1 558 310 1 517 232 1 465 032 8 322 803
Annual target population 660 965 599 778 519 437 505 744 488 344 2 774 268
Women invited 265 611 671 993 579 713 542 635 680 720 2 740 672
Invitation coverage (%) 40.2 112.0 111.6 107.3 139.4 98.8

Examinations (All tests in the year)

Women screened 184 743 485 954 425 816 405 558 577 200 2 079 271
Examination coverage rate (%) 28.0 81.0 82.0 80.2 118.2 74.9

Result (All tests in the year)

Positive 14 190 27 513 13 388 13 018 20 567 88 676
Negative 170 553 458 441 412 428 392 540 556 633 1 990 595
Referral for further assessment (%) 7.7 5.7 3.1 3.2 3.6 4.3

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 14 105 27 320 13 268 12 927 20 376 87 996
Not done 85 193 120 91 191 680
Further assessment participation rate (%) 99.4 99.3 99.1 99.3 99.1 99.2

Outcome

Negative 12 502 23 492 10 242 9 014 13 883 69 133
Benign lesions 405 428 278 252 351 1 714
CIS detected 363 904 586 688 1 077 3 618
Invasive breast cancer 835 2 494 2 161 2 972 5 059 13 521
Other histology 2 1 1 6 10