UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:21


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 56099 32645 26733 81.9 54830 97.7
55-592 45507 19006 15872 83.5 45015 98.9
60-64 34881 3177 2492 78.4 6341 18.2
65-69 26702 1171 942 80.4 3167 11.9
Total 163189 55999 46039 82.2 109353 67.0

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 30 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO
JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL
LOVIISA LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA
POHJA PORNAINEN PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO TAMMISAARI
TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KAUNIAINEN KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO