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Country fact sheet: Sweden (Stockholm) Stockholm / (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) 18 18 24 24 24 24 24 0 0

Population (personally invited)

Target population 77 891 77 340 64 449 58 212 56 945 58 866 40 023 433 726
Annual target population 51 928 51 560 32 225 29 106 28 473 29 433 20 012 242 737
Women invited 53 863 55 727 32 536 24 858 27 292 29 337 14 679 238 292
Invitation coverage (%) 103.7 108.1 101.0 85.4 95.9 99.7 73.4 98.2

Examinations

Women screened 37 907 38 727 22 945 17 753 20 258 22 495 10 962 171 047
Participation rate (%) 70.4 69.5 70.5 71.4 74.2 76.7 74.7 71.8

Result (All tests in the invitation cohort)

Positive 1 086 1 162 567 381 447 588 307 4 538
Negative 36 821 37 565 22 378 17 372 19 811 21 907 10 655 166 509
Referral for further assessment (%)2.9 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.7

Further assessment (all positive)

Done 1 074 1 147 559 376 444 583 306 4 489
Not done 12 15 8 5 3 5 1 49
Further assessment participation rate (%) 98.9 98.7 98.6 98.7 99.3 99.1 99.7 98.9

Outcome

Negative 948 980 442 292 289 342 173 3 466
Benign lesions 41 40 13 6 12 11 10 133
CIS detected 12 18 16 14 19 26 14 119
Invasive breast cancer 42 85 77 57 115 187 105 668
Other histology