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Clinical Demographics for 4,032,556 Screening Mammography Examinations from 1996 - 2005

  All Screening Examinations
All examinations 4,032,556
Age (y)  
<30 4,914 (0.1)
30-39 170,967 (4.2)
40-49 1,160,492 (28.8)
50-59 1,192,141 (29.6)
60-69 785,133 (19.5)
70-79 545,418 (13.5)
80+ 173,491 (4.3)
Mean (y) 56.6
Median (y) 55.0
Family history of breast cancer  
Yes 476,256 (14.3)
No 2,859,294 (85.7)
Unknown 697,006
Personal history of breast cancer  
Yes 236,937 (7.5)
No 2,916,943 (92.5)
Unknown 878,676
Previous mammography performed  
Yes 3,427,445 (90.2)
No 370,403 (9.8)
Unknown 234,708
Self-report of Symptoms  
Yes 116,844 (3.2)
No 3,538,457 (96.8)
Unknown 377,255

Note: Numbers in parentheses are percentages based on non-missing values.

Note: Self-report of symptoms includes lump, discharge and other symptoms, but does not include pain.

The following source must be cited when reproducing this table: NCI-funded Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium co-operative agreement (U01CA63740, U01CA86076, U01CA86082, U01CA63736, U01CA70013, U01CA69976, U01CA63731, U01CA70040). Downloaded xx/xx/xx from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Web site - http://breastscreening.cancer.gov/data/benchmarks/screening/table2.html

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