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Performance Measures for 3,603,832 Screening Mammography Examinations¹ from 1996 to 2006 by Age

	Sensitivity²	Specificity³	PPV⁴	Recall⁵
Total	80.2%	91.4%	4.3%	8.9%
Age 40-49	70.8%	89.8%	1.5%	10.3%
Age 45-49	74.3%	89.8%	2.3%	10.3%
Age 50-54	78.4%	90.9%	3.3%	9.2%
Age 55-59	81.6%	91.5%	4.6%	8.8%
Age 60-64	80.0%	91.9%	5.4%	8.4%
Age 65-69	82.5%	92.4%	6.3%	8.0%
Age 70-74	82.9%	93.1%	7.9%	7.3%
Age 75-89	84.5%	93.6%	9.8%	6.9%

¹ Screening mammography examinations: Mammography examinations indicated by the radiogist to be for screening with bilateral views done and no other mammogram within the past 9 months among women without breast implants or a prior breast cancer diagnosis.

² Sensitivity = The percentage of cancers^§ that had a positive interpretation^&.

³ Specificity = The percentage of non-cancers^~ that had a negative interpretation^#.

⁴ PPV (Positive Predictive Value) = The percentage of examinations with a positive interpretation^& that result in a tissue diagnosis of cancer^§.

⁵ Recall = The percentage of examinations with a positive interpretation^&.

^§ Cancers = Examinations with a tissue diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive cancer within one year and before the next screening mammography examination.

^~ Non-cancers = Examinations without a tissue diagnosis of cancer within one year or before the next screening examination, whichever occurs earlier.

^& Positive interpretation = BI-RADS category 0, 3 with a recommendation for immediate follow-up, 4, or 5.

^# Negative interpretation = BI-RADS category 1, 2, or 3 with no recommendation for immediate follow-up.

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Performance Measures for 3,603,832 Screening Mammography Examinations1 from 1996 to 2006 by Age

Performance Measures for 3,603,832 Screening Mammography Examinations¹ from 1996 to 2006 by Age