Organisation of screening mammography programmes represented in the International Breast Cancer Screening Network, 1998
| Organised screening | Year implemented | % Target population1-1 | Number of programmes or registries | Number of facilities1-2 | Number of radiology units | Organisation of quality assurance1-3 | Who finances quality assurance1-4 | |
| National programmes | ||||||||
| Australia | Yes | 1991 | 54 | 1 | 35 | 35+ | National | G |
| Finland | Yes | 1986 | 100 | 1 | 11 | 97 | National | G,F |
| Iceland | Yes | 1987 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 5 | National | F |
| Israel | Yes | 1997 | 100 | 1 | 42 | 44 | National | G,P,F |
| Luxembourg | Yes | 1992 | 98 | 1 | 10 | 10 | National | G,F |
| Netherlands | Yes | 1989 | 100 | 1 | 55 | 62 | National | G |
| United Kingdom | Yes | 1988 | 100 | 1 | 94 | 315 | National, State | G |
| State, provincial, local programmes | ||||||||
| Established | ||||||||
| Belgium | No | 1 | 35 | 40 | Facilities | G,F | ||
| Canada1-152 | Yes | 1988 | 30 | 10 | 163 | 179 | National, State | G |
| Denmark | Yes | 1991 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | State | G |
| France1-152 | Yes | 1989 | 25 | 26 | 900 | 1000 | National | G,P,F |
| Italy1-152 | Yes | 1990 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 43 | State | G |
| Norway | Yes | 1995 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 15 | National | G |
| Portugal | Yes | 1990 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 7 | State | G |
| Spain | Yes | 1990 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | State | G |
| Sweden1-152 | Yes | 1986 | 100 | 26 | 26 | 60 | National | G |
| Pilot | ||||||||
| Germany1-151 | Yes | 1999 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | National, State | G,F,O1-5 |
| Greece | Yes | 1989 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 7 | State | G,P |
| Hungary | Yes | 1991 | 1 | 10 | 10 | State | G | |
| Japan | Yes | 1989 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | State | P |
| Uruguay | Yes | 1996 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Facilities | F |
| Registry programme | ||||||||
| United States | No | 81-154 | 128 | 166 | National, State | G,F | ||
↵1-1 % Target population: the proportion of the national population of women deemed eligible to attend for screening and covered by organised screening programmes within the country.
↵1-2 Mammography facility: a location at which women obtain screening mammography. Contains one or more radiography units plus the staff required to perform the procedure.
↵1-3 Organisation of quality assurance: state = state, provincial, local.
↵1-4 Who finances quality assurance: G = government, P = private organisation, F = mammography facilities, O = other organisation.
↵1-5 Statutory health funds.
↵1-151 Denotes programme in implementation.
↵1-152 Denotes countries with a decentralised (subnational) organisation of screening mammography, but in which the totality of organised screening programmes attains national coverage.
↵1-154 Denotes the number of geographical regions in the US that are participating in the mammography registry programme.