UPDATED 08.12.2010 14:59


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2008. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2008 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2007
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2007 or 2008
Coverage
% of population
50-54 52357 30893 24173 78.2 51714 98.8
55-59 53550 22258 17724 79.6 53686 100.3
60-64 53288 28852 23378 81.0 49858 93.6
65-69 34529 10318 8190 79.4 28694 83.1
Total 193724 92321 73465 79.6 183952 95.0

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 31 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO
JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI
LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LOHJA MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI
PERNAJA POHJA PORNAINEN PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VIHTI