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. 2024 Feb 19;4:21. doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00446-6

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Variable All Black White Asian
Cases Participants 23,057 11,663 9824 1570
Studies 69,697 36,501 29,612 3584
Images 451,642 242,911 185,368 23,363
Age (years) <40 1967 (3) 1071 (3) 728 (2) 168 (5)
40–49 15,386 (22) 8307 (23) 5687 (20) 1392 (39)
50–59 18,756 (27) 10,256 (28) 7472 (25) 1028 (29)
60–69 19,436 (28) 10,270 (28) 8470 (29) 696 (19)
70–79 11,502 (16) 5436 (15) 5790 (20) 276 (8)
80–89 2496 (4) 1084 (3) 1388 (5) 24 (1)
90+ 154 (<1) 77 (<1) 77 (<1) 0 (0)
Imaging technique FFDM 35,587 18,158 15,825 1604
FFDM + 2DS 34,110 18,343 13,787 1980
BI-RADS density A 7945 (11) 5261 (14) 2599 (9) 85 (2)
B 29,102 (42) 16,627 (46) 11,599 (39) 876 (25)
C 28,725 (41) 13,087 (36) 13,543 (46) 2095 (58)
D 3925 (6) 1526 (4) 1871 (6) 528 (15)

Breakdown for BI-RADS density and imaging technique is given as the number of studies. Percentages are given in brackets. All numbers above are study counts, unless explicitly stated.

FFDM full-field digital mammography, 2DS two-dimensional synthetic.