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Country fact sheet: Portugal (Alentejo) Alentejo / (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 0 0 0

Population (personally invited)

Target population 26 318 26 594 24 845 23 627 23 103 124 487
Annual target population 13 159 13 297 12 423 11 814 11 552 62 245
Women invited 9 237 9 499 8 906 8 452 8 355 44 449
Invitation coverage (%) 70.2 71.4 71.7 71.5 72.3 71.4

Examinations

Women screened 4 812 5 410 5 186 5 117 4 876 25 401
Participation rate (%) 52.1 57.0 58.2 60.5 58.4 57.1

Result (All tests in the invitation cohort)

Positive 177 93 77 60 103 510
Negative 4 635 5 317 5 109 5 057 4 773 24 891
Referral for further assessment (%) 3.7 1.7 1.5 1.2 2.1 2.0

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 162 90 73 52 99 476
Not done 15 3 4 8 4 34
Further assessment participation rate (%) 91.5 96.8 94.8 86.7 96.1 93.3

Outcome

Negative 157 81 58 44 84 424
Benign lesions 2 1 1 4
CIS detected 1 3 2 3 9
Invasive breast cancer 5 8 12 6 12 43
Other histology