Characteristics of the Content of NHMN
Breast cancer is a significant problem in New Hampshire (NH), with higher
mortality rates than the national average for this disease. Thankfully,
our state benefits from a population-based mammography registry, the New
Hampshire Mammography Network (NHMN), which was implemented in 1996. The
NHMN efficiently obtains demographic, risk factor, and radiologic data
on approximately 90% of women having mammography in NH, and then links
mammographic encounter information to breast pathology outcomes. Several
studies have been conducted using the NHMN.
Characteristics of the Contents of the NHMN (Time period 5/96- 8/03)
| Characteristics |
609,413 mammograms; 244,202 women |
| Number of Mammography Facilities |
28 |
| Percent Screening Mammograms |
87 |
| Percent Diagnostic Mammograms |
13 |
| Mean number of screening mammograms done/year/facility (95%
CI) |
2,075 (1,816, 2,333) |
| Mean number of diagnostic mammograms done/year/facility (95%
CI) |
320 (269, 371) |
| Percent of Women in Each Ethnic
Category |
| Caucasian |
97.1 |
| Asian |
0.5 |
| African American |
0.4 |
| Native American |
0.5 |
| Hispanic |
0.6 |
| Other |
0.4 |
| Multi-racial |
0.5 |
| Percent of Women in Each Age Category |
| < 40 |
2.5 |
| 40-49 |
24.7 |
| 50-59 |
29.9 |
| 60-69 |
18.6 |
| 70-79 |
14.0 |
| >80 |
10.4 |
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