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Table 3 Key performance indicators (invitation, participation, recall and cancer detection) of the Population-based Mammographic Screening Programme, Flanders Belgium 2002–2016

From: Flemish breast cancer screening programme: 15 years of key performance indicators (2002–2016)

Performance indicator [EU desirable target]

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

AAPC all years

APCb last segment

%

(95% CI)

Yeara

%

(95% CI)

Target population 01/01, N

692,964

699,472

707,645

717,956

728,628

739,449

751,171

763,832

778,866

799,767

816,921

830,455

843,110

854,612

861,223

     

 BC or Bilateral mastectomy, N

13,569

15,886

18,248

19,989

20,833

21,689

22,522

22,985

23,400

23,935

24,680

25,220

25,810

26,226

26,474

     

 Eligible - refuses to be invited, N

12,364

13,693

14,998

16,264

17,481

18,702

19,757

21,001

21,991

23,089

23,863

24,625

24,962

25,223

24,809

     

 Eligible - not to be invited this yearb, N

45,207

171,528

198,729

227,791

255,135

314,695

279,757

333,516

335,365

360,949

371,003

370,777

380,358

386,578

390,457

     

 Eligible - to be invited this year, N

621,824

498,365

475,670

453,912

435,179

384,363

429,135

386,330

398,110

391,794

397,375

409,833

411,980

416,585

419,483

     

 Invitations sent (invitation coverage), %

22.0

33.1

41.5

50.4

68.0

68.9

76.1

85.0

88.9

93.2

93.1

94.0

95.1

95.7

96.0

+ 10.5b

(+ 8.3; + 12.8)

2011

+ 0.4

(−2.8; + 3.8)

Eligible population 01/01, N

679,395

683,586

689,397

697,967

707,795

717,760

728,649

740,847

755,466

775,832

792,241

805,235

817,300

828,386

834,749

     

 PMSP coverage, %

17.9

24.8

30.9

35.0

39.4

43.1

44.0

45.4

45.8

47.4

48.4

48.4

48.3

48.9

50.0

+ 7.5b

(+ 6.5; + 8.6)

2007

+ 1.6b

(+ 1.1; + 2.0)

 Opportunistic coverage, %

unknown

21.3

20.5

20.2

20.3

19.9

19.2

18.3

17.7

17.2

16.8

16.0

15.3

14.8

14.1

−3.0b

(−3.3; −2.6)

2007

−3.6b

(−3.3; −2.6)

 No coverage, %

 

53.8

48.6

44.7

40.4

37.0

36.8

36.4

36.6

35.3

34.8

35.6

36.3

36.3

35.8

−3.0b

(−3.5; −2.5)

2012

+ 0.7

(−0.4; + 1.8)

All invitations sent, N

120,517

164,296

202,155

241,076

311,940

276,511

339,264

343,924

370,439

382,475

385,966

402,569

407,864

415,304

417,493

     

 Invitation Response Rate, %

50.9

57.8

50.3

48.3

48.0

54.8

49.1

51.1

48.0

51.3

50.1

51.2

49.3

51.7

49.8

−0.3

(−0.9; + 0.4)

 

All PMSP examinations, N

103,909

119,861

127,714

134,772

164,075

165,873

176,133

183,175

183,810

203,326

199,899

209,809

204,540

218,723

218,118

     

 With BCR link, %

80.0

83.3

98.7

98.9

98.6

98.9

98.7

98.9

99.0

99.4

99.4

99.5

99.6

99.7

99.8

     

PMSP examinations with BCR link, N

83,100

99,787

126,007

133,265

161,777

164,129

173,768

181,082

181,968

202,101

198,747

208,839

203,735

218,155

217,614

     

 mean age, years

59.8

58.6

58.8

58.9

58.4

58.7

58.4

58.5

58.5

58.6

58.6

58.7

58.6

58.8

58.8

     

  initial screening, N

83,100

89,385

62,149

46,728

55,899

44,823

40,562

42,923

38,995

40,506

40,961

36,852

37,497

38,454

38,851

     

 mean age, years

59.8

58.4

56.2

57.1

55

54.7

54.2

53.5

53.5

53.2

53

52.7

52.7

52.6

52.8

     

  subsequent irregular screening, N

 

12

16,138

15,935

21,479

19,179

15,886

16,714

17,911

18,950

17,676

17,207

16,863

19,490

21,045

     

 mean age, years

 

58.9

61.2

60.3

60.3

60.5

60.6

60.7

60.3

60.6

60.8

60.7

60.7

60.8

60.8

     

  subsequent regular screening, N

 

10,390

47,720

70,602

84,399

100,127

117,320

121,445

125,062

142,645

140,110

154,780

149,375

160,211

157,718

     

 mean age, years

 

60.1

61.2

59.8

60.2

60.2

59.6

59.9

59.8

59.8

60

60

59.9

60

60

     

Digital screening, %

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

1.9

9.0

21.4

45.6

59.6

79.5

88.7

95.3

95.2

96.8

98.9

     

Women recalled for diagnostic assessment, N

4377

5598

5774

5859

7488

6322

7567

6706

6038

5932

6066

5328

5232

5183

5585

     

Recall Rate, %

5.3

5.6

4.6

4.4

4.6

3.9

4.4

3.7

3.3

2.9

3.1

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.6

   

 initial screens, % [< 5%]

5.3

5.8

6

6.1

6.8

6.4

7.5

6.4

5.5

5.3

5.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.7

−1.5b

(−2.9; −0.1)

2008

−5.1 b

(−6.9; −3.3)

 subsequent irregular screens, %

  

3.6

4.6

4.5

4.1

4.9

4.2

3.8

3.1

3.8

3.2

3.4

3.2

3.4

−2.9b

(−4.6; −1.1)

 

 subsequent regular screens, % [< 3%]

 

3.6

3.1

3.2

3.2

2.7

3.2

2.7

2.6

2.2

2.3

2

2

1.8

1.9

−5.0b

(−6.0; − 3.9)

 

Screen detected cancers, N

797

894

789

856

967

888

952

976

1018

1126

1153

1227

1123

1195

1190

     

Cancer Detection Rate, ‰

9.6

9.0

6.3

6.4

6.0

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.8

5.9

5.5

5.5

5.5

     

 initial screens, ‰

9.6

9.2

7.2

8.0

7.4

6.6

7.1

6.5

6.3

6.5

6.3

5.8

5.6

6.4

6.3

−0.6

(−1.4; + 0.2)

 

 subsequent irregular screens, ‰

  

6.7

7.1

6.4

6.0

7.4

8.1

6.9

7.3

9.1

8.2

8.2

9.0

7.5

+ 2.1b

(+ 0.3; + 3.9)

 

 subsequent regular screens, ‰

 

6.4

4.9

5.2

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.6

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.6

5.2

4.8

5.0

0.0

(−1.1; + 1.1)

 

False-Positive Recalls, N

3582

4704

4986

5003

6521

5434

6615

5730

5020

4806

4913

4101

4109

3988

4395

     

False-Positive Recall Rate, ‰

43.1

47.1

39.6

37.5

40.3

33.1

38.1

31.6

27.6

23.8

24.7

19.6

20.2

18.3

20.2

     

 initial screens, ‰

43.1

49.1

52.8

53.4

60.4

57.7

67.7

57.9

49.1

46.2

47.7

38.5

39.7

38.1

40.3

−1.4

(−3.5; + 0.8)

2007

−5.3 b

(−7.4; − 3.1)

 subsequent irregular screens, ‰

  

29.6

39.3

38.6

34.9

41.5

33.8

31.2

24.0

29.0

23.9

25.7

22.6

26.2

−4.0b

(−6.1; −1.9)

 

 subsequent regular screens, ‰

 

29.2

25.7

26.6

27.4

21.8

27.4

22.1

20.4

17.4

17.5

14.7

14.6

13.0

14.4

−6.1b

(−7.4; −4.9)

 

Positive predictive value, %

18.2

16.0

13.6

14.6

12.9

14.0

12.6

14.6

16.9

19.0

19.0

23.0

21.5

23.1

21.3

     

 initial screens, %

18.2

15.8

12.0

13.0

10.9

10.2

9.5

10.2

11.3

12.3

11.7

13.1

12.4

14.4

13.6

+ 0.1

(−2.5; + 2.8)

2006

+ 3.8 b

(+ 1.5; + 6.1)

 subsequent irregular screening, %

  

18.4

15.3

14.2

14.8

15.2

19.4

18.2

23.3

23.9

25.5

24.3

28.4

22.3

+ 5.0b

(+ 2.5; + 7.4)

 

 Subsequent regular screening, %

 

17.9

15.9

16.5

15.2

18.0

14.6

17.3

20.3

22.6

23.0

27.8

26.2

27.1

25.7

+ 3.8b

(+ 0.6; + 7.0)

2013

−2.1

(−11.5; + 8.4)

  1. Numbers in bold are absolute numbers
  2. AAPC Average Annual Percentage Change, BC Breast Cancer, PMSP Population-based Mammographic Screening Programme, BCR Belgian Cancer Registry; (A)APC of participation data are calculated on non-age-standardised data
  3. athe year of the last joinpoint is the beginning of the last segment
  4. bindicates the (A)APC is significantly different from zero at the alpha = 0.05 level