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Table 1 Clinical demographics for mammographic screening examinations

From: Performance measures of 8,169,869 examinations in the National Breast Cancer Screening Program in Taiwan, 2004–2020

Characteristic

2004–2009

2010–2020

No

%

No. with SDC

%

No

%

No. with SDC

%

No. of women screened

602,885

 

3452

 

3,062,193

 

30,374

 

Age at screeninga/diagnosis, y

 40–44

1100

0.2

9

0.3

28,284

0.9

138

0.5

 45–49

6815

1.1

53

1.5

1,096,190

35.8

6054

19.9

 50–54

237,249

39.4

1165

33.7

659,752

21.5

6502

21.4

 55–59

171,544

28.4

1032

29.9

566,360

18.5

6615

21.8

 60–64

102,779

17.1

681

19.7

433,861

14.2

6392

21.0

 65–69

83,398

13.8

512

14.8

277,746

9.1

4673

15.4

Family history of breast cancer

 No

570,496

94.6

3150

91.3

2,844,288

92.9

27,299

89.9

 Yes

32,389

5.4

302

8.7

217,905

7.1

3075

10.1

No. of screenings

725,410

 

3452

 

7,444,459

 

30,374

 

Screening service

 Prevalence screenings

602,885

83.1

3051

88.4

2,477,060

33.3

13,184

43.4

 Subsequent screenings

122,525

16.9

401

11.6

4,967,399

66.7

17,190

56.6

Menopausal status

 Premenopausal

99,316

13.7

554

16.0

2,164,086

29.1

9216

30.3

 Postmenopausal

626,094

86.3

2898

84.0

5,280,373

70.9

21,158

69.7

Breast density

 Fatty breast

83,970

11.6

253

7.3

310,759

4.2

749

2.5

 Scattered fibroglandular density

254,468

35.1

1098

31.8

1,655,441

22.2

6019

19.8

 Heterogeneously dense

335,543

46.3

1888

54.7

4,169,452

56.0

19,118

62.9

 Extremely dense

51,415

7.1

213

6.2

1,308,619

17.6

4486

14.8

  1. SDC screen-detected cancer
  2. P < 0.001 (chi-square test) for all comparisons between periods
  3. §P < 0.001 (chi-square tests) for all comparisons between women with SDCs and cancer-free women
  4. aAge at first screening