Skip to main content
. 2022 Feb 18;22:183. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09292-y

Table 2.

Difference in percentage of people screened within 40 days after the invitation for breast cancer screening program (2020 versus 2019, Flanders)

January, 1 (week 1)– December,31 (week 52) January, 1 (week1)-March 21 (week11) July, 5 (week 27) – December, 31 (week 52) July, 5 (week 27) -November, 28 (week 47)
(entire year) (before first COVID-19 shutdown) (after the restart of the program) (first 20 weeks after restart of the program)
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
All invitation -1.0 (-1.3; -0.8) -1.4 (-1.9; -1.0) -1.0 (-1.3; -0.7) -1.6 (-2.0; -1.3)
Stratified by age
 50–54 -0.5 (-1.0; -0.1) -2.9 (-3.7; -2.1) 0.4 (-0.1; 1.0) 0.0 (-0.6; 0.6)
 55–59 -1.7 (-2.2; -1.2) -4.0 (-4.9; -3.1) -0.8 (-1.4; -0.2) -1.7 (-2.4; -1.0)
 60–64 -1.0 (-1.5; -0.6) -0.3 (-1.1; 0.6) -1.9 (-2.5; -1.3) -3.2 (-3.8; -2.5)
 65–69 -1.5 (-2.0; -1.0) -0.5(-1.4; 0.4) -2.1 (-2.8; -1.4) -2.3 (-3.0; -1.6)
Stratified by screening history
 Type 1 -3.0 (-3.3; -2.7) 0.1 (-0.4; 0.6) -4.0 (-4.4; -3.7) -4.4(-4.8; -4.0)
 Type 2 -1.1 (-1.8; -0.4) -2.8 (-3.9; -1.6) 0.6 (-0.3; 1.5) -0.3 (-1.2; 0.7)
 Type 3 -1.8 (-2.4; -1.2) -1.1 (-2.2; -0.1) -2.2 (-3.0; -1.4) -2.5(-3.3; -1.6)
 Type 4 0.1 (-0.2; 0.3) -0.9 (-1.4; -0.4) 0.7 (0.3; 1.0) 0.3 (-0.1; 0.7)