Table 1.

Characteristics counselees requesting breast cancer genetic counseling.

	All counselees		Hospital referralsa
			Total			trained hospitals		untrained hospitals
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
totalb	3179		1695
total excluding missing trained status	–		1641			1204	71.0%	437	25.8%
mean age referral	48.9		51.6			51.2		52.8
(min-max)	(18–92)		(18–88)			(18–88)		(23–83)
gender	3179		1695			1204		437
male	294	9.2%	36		2.1%	29	2.4%	7	1.6%
female	2885	90.8%	1659		97.9%	1175	97.6%	430	98.4%
breast cancer	3179		1641			1204		437
affected	1641	51.6%	1417		86.3%	1024	85.0%	393	89.9%
unaffected	1538	48.4%	224		13.7%	180	15.0%	44	10.1%
mean age breast cancer	49.3		49.2			49.1		49.6
(min-max)	(24–87)		(24–87)			(24–87)		(27–83)
DNA-testing	3010		1535			1132		403
diagnostic	1421	47.2%	1178		76.6%	833	73.6%	345	85.6%
predictive	1589	52.8%	357		23.3%	299	26.4%	58	14.4%
rapid DNA-testing	3140		1614			1191		423
yes	662	21.1%	627		44.6%	475	39.9%	152	35.9%
no	2478	78.9%	987		55.4%	716	60.1%	271	64.1%
educational level	3021		1668			1148		417
low	103	3.4%	61		3.9%	45	3.9%	16	3.8%
intermediate-I	616	20.4%	353		22.6%	233	20.3%	120	28.8%
intermediate-II	1097	36.3%	566		36.2%	404	35.2%	162	38.8%
high	1205	39.9%	585		37.4%	466	40.6%	119	28.5%
need help because of limited HL	3133		1614			1184		430
never	2825	90.2%	1448		89.7%	1052	88.9%	396	92.1%
once in a while	199	6.4%	105		6.5%	87	7.3%	18	4.2%
often	47	1.5%	26		1.6%	19	1.6%	7	1.6%
always	62	2.0%	35		2.2%	26	2.2%	9	2.1%
language proficiency	3148		1624			1193		431
good/intermediate proficiency	3057	97.1%	1574		96.9%	1151	96.5%	423	98.0%
low proficiency	52	1.6%	28		1.7%	24	2.0%	4	1.0%
no proficiency	39	1.2%	22		1.4%	18	1.5%	4	1.0%
migrant status counselee	3146		1623			1192		431
Dutch native	2550	81.1%	1289		79.4%	927	77.7%	362	84.0%
migrant	596	18.9%	334		20.6%	265	22.2%	69	16.0%
country of origin known	575		324			259		65
•western	307	9.8%	164		10.0%	134	11.2%	30	6.7%
•non western	268	8.5%	160		9.6%	125	10.5%	35	8.1%
interpretor present	3150		1625			1193		432
No	3100	98.4%	1593		98.0%	1169	98.0%	424	98.1%
Yes	50	1.6%	32		2.0%	24	2.0%	8	1.9%
•family	42	87.5%	29		90.6%	21	87.5%	0	0.0%
•professional	6	12.4%	3		9.4%	3	12.5%	8	100.0%

^aExcluding records training unknown.

^bHospital referrals n = 1695 (53%), general practitioner referrals n = 1332 (42%), unknown n = 152 (5%).