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Country fact sheet: Portugal (Centro) Center / (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 86 535 85 570 79 023 75 631 70 057 396 816
Annual target population 43 268 42 785 39 512 37 816 35 029 198 410
Women invited 32 587 33 176 30 940 30 301 29 249 156 253
Invitation coverage (%) 75.3 77.5 78.3 80.1 83.5 78.8

Examinations

Women screened 18 878 21 333 20 787 20 966 19 475 101 439
Participation rate (%) 57.9 64.3 67.2 69.2 66.6 64.9

Result (All tests in the invitation cohort)

Positive 1 445 715 477 460 391 3 488
Negative 17 433 20 618 20 310 20 506 19 084 97 951
Referral for further assessment (%) 7.7 3.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 3.4

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 1 413 700 467 454 378 3 412
Not done 32 15 10 6 13 76
Further assessment participation rate (%) 97.8 97.9 97.9 98.7 96.7 97.8

Outcome

Negative 1 325 627 407 381 297 3 037
Benign lesions 50 28 19 13 17 127
CIS detected 5 1 1 7
Invasive breast cancer 33 51 42 60 62 248
Other histology 1 1 2 4