UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:07

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 401 municipalities (out of 432).

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 163614 95522 83720 87.6 162272 99.2
55-592 174502 73453 64396 87.7 173124 99.2
60-64 128538 19592 17589 89.8 35503 27.6
65-69 112204 6908 6063 87.8 13580 12.1
Total 578858 195475 171768 87.9 384479 66.4

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).