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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

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