Summary of Selected Data

Key Data from 1996-2023 ACROSS 8 BCSC sites

  Number of Records
Women 2,945,425
Women with Breast Cancer 218,486
Breast Imaging Exams 15,690,877
Radiologists 2,263
Facilities where Mammograms Were Read 321

Summary of Selected Variables

FROM data collected at breast imaging exam

 

Age at Exam Number of Exams Percent
18-24
 36,139
0.2%
25-29
 63,853
0.4%
30-34
 157,679
1.0%
35-39
 490,785
3.1%
40-44
 1,889,102
12.0%
45-49
 2,165,925
13.8%
50-54
 2,365,679
15.1%
55-59
 2,196,309
14.0%
60-64
 1,936,393
12.3%
65-69
 1,661,398
10.6%
70-74
 1,264,028
8.1%
75-79
 821,222
5.2%
80-84
 436,123
2.8%
85-89
 166,857
1.1%
90+
 38,362
0.3%
Total
 15,689,854
100%

Note: Age data is missing for 1,023 records. These records have been excluded from the table. 

 

Race/ethnicity Number of Exams Percent
American Indian or Alaska Native 52,324 0.4%
Asian 1,353,831 9.1%
Black 1,558,165 10.5%
Hispanic 807,658 5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 25,837 0.2%
White 10,792,541 72.5%
Multiple (2+ races) 115,623 0.8%
Other 148,940 1.0%
Total 14,854,919 100%

Note: All categories are non-Hispanic except the Hispanic category. 

Note: Race data is missing for 835,958 records (5.3%). Missingness is due primarily to women choosing not to self-report race and certain facilities not collecting race information. Missing values have been excluded from the table.

 

Postmenopausal at Exam Number of Exams Percent
No 4,847,002 36.3%
Yes 8,511,988 63.7%
Total 13,358,990 100%

Note: Records with menopausal status coded as surgical menopause or periods stopped for other reason (1,232,455, 7.9%), or missing menopausal status (1,099,432, 7.0%) were excluded from this table. Missingness is primarily due to women choosing not to self-report and certain facilities not collecting menopausal status information.

BMI (kg/m2 Number of Exams Percent
Underweight (18.5 or less) 151,277 1.6%
Healthy weight (18.5 - 24.9) 3,665,347 39.1%
Overweight (25.0 - 29.9) 2,776,214 29.7%
Class 1 Obesity (30.0 - 34.9) 1,556,282 16.6%
Class 2 Obesity (35.0 - 39.9) 708,834 7.6%
Class 3 Obesity (40 or greater) 505,694 5.4%
Total 9,363,648 100%

Note: BMI is missing for 6,327,229 records. Missingness is due primarily to women choosing not to self-report and certain facilities not collecting BMI information. Missing values have been excluded from the table. 

 

Breast Density at Exam, BI-RADS Number of Exams Percent
1 (a): Almost entirely fat 1,149,565 8.1%
2 (b): Scattered fibroglandular tissue 6,056,667 43.0%
3 (c): Heterogeneously dense 5,701,591 40.5%
4 (d): Extremely dense 1,176,790 8.4%
Total 14,084,613 100%

Note: Breast density is missing for 1,606,264 records. Missingness is due primarily to certain facilities not collecting density information in some years. Missing values have been excluded from the table. 

 

First Degree Family History of Breast Cancer at Exam Number of Exams Percent
No 11,650,401 82.6%
Yes 2,456,071 17.4%
Total 14,106,472 100%

Note: Family History is missing for 1,584,405 records (10.1%). Missingness is due primarily to women choosing not to self-report and certain facilities not collecting family history information. Missing values have been excluded from the table. 


 

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"The Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium and its data collection and sharing activities are funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute (P01CA154292, U54CA163303), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCS-1504-30370), and Agency for Health Research and Quality (R01 HS018366-01A1). Downloaded xx/xx/xxxx from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Web site - http://www.bcsc-research.org/. More information regarding the BCSC is available at: http://bcsc-research.org/."