Term: Mammography Rates (Breast Cancer Detection)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2009-10-20

Definition:

The proportion of women age 50-69 that had at least one mammogram in a two-year period. Rates were calculated for two 2-year periods, and adjusted to the female population age 50-69 in the first period.

Related terms 

• Breast Cancer Screening
• Mammography

References 

• Fransoo R, Martens P, Burland E, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C. Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas 2009. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2009. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)