UPDATED 15.10.2013 14:21


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2562 1489 1300 87.3 2562 100.0
55-592 1630 914 813 88.9 1517 93.1
60-64 1718 121 107 88.4 387 22.5
65-69 1616 - - - - -
Total 7526 2524 2220 88.0 4466 59.3

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.
2 Age groups targeted in the Decree on Public Health (1992).

Tabulation is based on registration from 5 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SIMO