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Country fact sheet: Netherlands (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 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

Population (personally invited)

Target population 639 794 615 034 556 906 524 921 475 223 347 373 282 895 3 442 146
Annual target population 319 897 307 517 278 453 262 461 237 612 173 687 141 448 1 721 075
Women invited 70 110 304 478 271 562 250 714 223 027 160 402 1 498 1 281 791
Invitation coverage (%) 21.9 99.0 97.5 95.5 93.9 92.4 1.1 74.5

Examinations (All tests in the year)

Women screened 51 287 236 729 218 523 204 037 182 155 123 731 1 187 1 017 649
Examination coverage rate (%) 16.0 77.0 78.5 77.7 76.7 71.2 0.8 59.1

Result (All tests in the year)

Positive 3 182 7 195 4 154 4 127 4 091 2 908 30 25 687
Negative 48 105 229 534 214 369 199 910 178 064 120 823 1 157 991 962
Referral for further assessment (%) 6.2 3.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 3 148 7 096 4 096 4 065 4 031 2 864 30 25 330
Not done 34 99 58 62 60 44 357
Further assessment participation rate (%) 98.9 98.6 98.6 98.5 98.5 98.5 100.0 98.6

Outcome

Negative 2 745 5 803 2 919 2 652 2 518 1 698 20 18 355
Benign lesions
CIS detected 126 350 283 286 267 208 1 520
Invasive breast cancer 223 795 844 1 055 1 186 918 10 5 031
Other histology