2022 IB Diploma Extended Essays

of breast cancer screening and diagnosis resulting from the decisions made by the

government or their states.

Breast cancer statistics before and after the pandemic

Figure 2

Number of mammograms conducted before pandemic (2018) vs during pandemic (2020-2021)

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UK

Belgium

Switzerland

Country

Pre-pandemic During Pandemic

Number of mammograms conducted (Hundreds of

(Data, 2020) (Statista Research Department, 2021) (NHS Digital, 2020) (Federal Statistics

Bureau, 2022) (Health Belgium, 2022) (Statista Research Department, 2022) (NHS Digital,

2022)

Figure 2 represents the number of mammograms conducted in the United Kingdom, Belgium

and Switzerland constructed from appendix 2.1. As illustrated, the number of mammograms

in the UK is the highest compared to Belgium and Switzerland pre-pandemic. The

significant difference in number of mammograms in each country is not due to the

number of invites accepted but rather the population size of countries. Roughly

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