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Country fact sheet: United Kingdom (Wales) Wallonia / (Index year: 2013)

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 36 36 36 36 0 0 36

Population (personally invited)

Target population 106 206 96 484 98 009 94 459 16 503 411 661
Annual target population 35 402 32 162 32 670 31 487 5 501 137 222
Women invited 38 852 34 654 33 818 33 783 3 549 144 656
Invitation coverage (%) 109.7 107.7 103.5 107.3 64.5 105.4

Examinations (All tests in the year)

Women screened 26 756 24 223 24 362 24 091 2 465 101 897
Examination coverage rate (%) 75.6 75.3 74.6 76.5 44.8 74.3

Result (All tests in the year)

Positive 1 876 964 921 1 020 103 4 884
Negative 24 863 23 252 23 426 23 060 2 361 96 962
Referral for further assessment (%) 7.0 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.8

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 1 861 954 918 1 015 102 4 850
Not done 15 10 3 5 1 34
Further assessment participation rate (%) 99.2 99.0 99.7 99.5 99.0 99.3

Outcome

Negative 1 587 739 662 650 69 3 707
Benign lesions 54 16 15 14 2 101
CIS detected 52 50 49 52 8 211
Invasive breast cancer 163 149 190 298 23 823
Other histology