Table 1 Patient demographics and screening history by case-control status.

From: A case-control study to evaluate the impact of the breast screening programme on mortality in England

 

Controls (n = 15,202)

Cases (n = 8288)

Patient demographics

 Breast cancer diagnosis and death

  Year of first diagnosis/pseudodiagnosis (Count, %)

   1990–1994

505 (3.3)

275 (3.3)

   1995–1999

1481 (9.7)

792 (9.6)

   2000–2004

2988 (19.7)

1630 (19.7)

   2005–2011

10,228 (67.3)

5591 (67.5)

  Age at first diagnosis/pseudodiagnosis (Count, %)

   47–54

2328 (15.3)

1241 (15.0)

   55–59

2772 (18.2)

1493 (18.0)

   60–64

2783 (18.3)

1530 (18.5)

   65–69

2343 (15.4)

1303 (15.7)

   70–74

2238 (14.7)

1222 (14.7)

   75–89

2738 (18.0)

1499 (18.1)

 Median age at first diagnosis/pseudodiagnosis in years (range)

64.4 (48.0–86.5)

64.6 (48.0–86.5)

 Median age at death in years (range)

70.8 (49.6–88.4)

Patient screening history

 Breast screening history

  Number of screening invitations (Count, %)

   1

3700 (24.3)

2012 (24.3)

   2

3486 (22.9)

1863 (22.5)

   3

2859 (18.8)

1585 (19.1)

   4

2257 (14.8)

1238 (14.9)

   5+

2900 (19.1)

1590 (19.2)

  Median age at first screening invitation in years (range)

523 (47.1–70.0)

52.5 (47.0–69.8)

  Attendance at first screening invitation

  

Did not attend

2772 (18.2)

2345 (28.3)

Attended

12,430 (81.8)

5943 (71.7)

  Median age at last screening invitation in years (range)

61.8 (47.2–73.1)

61.9 (47.0–72.7)

 Attendance at last screening invitation

   Did not attend

3583 (23.6)

2980 (36.0)

   Attended

11,619 (76.4)

5308 (64.0)

  Number of screens (Count, %)

   0 (Never screened)

1803 (11.9)

1741 (21.0)

   1

3923 (25.8)

2117 (25.5)

   2+

9476 (62.3)

4430 (53.5)

  Median time between last screen and diagnosis/pseudodiagnosis (range)—among compliers

2.4 years (1 day–22.6 years)

2.7 years (0–22.2 years)

  Median age at first screen in years (range)—among compliers

53.1 (47.1–72.1)

53.6 (47.2–70.6)

  Median age at last screen in years (range)—among compliers

61.7 (47.3–73.2)

61.5 (47.3–72.8)

 Cervical screening history

  Attendance at cervical screening (Count, %)

   Never screened

2818 (18.5)

1850 (22.3)

   Screened

12,384 (81.5)

6438 (77.7)