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Country fact sheet: Portugal (Azores) Azores / (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 0 12

Population (personally invited)

Target population 8 974 8 550 6 977 6 022 5 274 4 323 40 120
Annual target population 4 487 4 275 3 489 3 011 2 637 2 162 20 061
Women invited 3 482 3 456 2 891 2 494 2 187 1 792 16 302
Invitation coverage (%) 77.6 80.8 82.9 82.8 82.9 82.9 81.3

Examinations

Women screened 2 502 2 503 2 110 1 770 1 425 977 11 287
Participation rate (%) 71.9 72.4 73.0 71.0 65.2 54.5 69.2

Result (A subset of tests)

Subset women screened 2 247 2 250 1 916 1 594 1 279 900 10 186
Positive 128 80 60 45 42 30 385
Negative 2 119 2 170 1 856 1 549 1 237 870 9 801
Referral for further assessment (%) 5.7 3.6 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.3 0.0 3.8

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 126 80 60 45 42 30 383
Not done 2 2
Further assessment participation rate (%) 98.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.5

Outcome

Negative 116 65 54 38 29 23 325
Benign lesions 7 7 2 4 2 22
CIS detected 1 1 1 3
Invasive breast cancer 2 8 4 6 7 5 32
Other histology