UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:18

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2009. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 320 municipalities (out of 348).

Age group1 Target 2009 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2008
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2008 or 2009
Coverage
% of population
50-54 156425 95011 82134 86.4 156238 99.9
55-59 163746 65417 56721 86.7 163794 100.0
60-64 169356 82579 71883 87.0 132784 78.4
65-69 115702 16363 13817 84.4 35573 30.7
Total 605229 259370 224555 86.6 488389 80.7

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.