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Country fact sheet: Luxembourg (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 24 24 24 24 0 0 0

Population (personally invited)

Target population 18 901 16 124 13 365 10 815 59 205
Annual target population 9 451 8 062 6 683 5 408 29 604
Women invited 10 435 7 881 7 095 6 423 31 834
Invitation coverage (%) 110.4 97.8 106.2 118.8 107.5

Examinations

Women screened 6 607 4 415 4 085 2 925 18 032
Participation rate (%) 63.3 56.0 57.6 45.5 56.6

Result (A subset of tests)

Subset women screened 6 591 4 376 4 017 2 855 17 839
Positive 542 206 181 141 1 070
Negative 6 049 4 170 3 836 2 714 16 769
Referral for further assessment (%) 8.2 4.7 4.5 4.9 0.0 6.0

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 526 200 180 141 1 047
Not done 16 6 1 23
Further assessment participation rate (%) 97.0 97.1 99.4 100.0 97.9

Outcome

Negative 496 173 143 112 924
Benign lesions 3 2 2 1 8
CIS detected 5 5 4 4 18
Invasive breast cancer 22 19 31 24 96
Other histology 1 1