UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:10


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 8184 4815 4134 85.9 7994 97.7
55-592 9272 3992 3465 86.8 9266 99.9
60-64 7107 722 631 87.4 1517 21.3
65-69 6433 335 286 85.4 505 7.9
Total 30996 9864 8516 86.3 19282 62.2

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 14 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI MYRSKYLÄ NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ