UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:02

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 394 municipalities (out of 446).

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 165167 96404 84825 88.0 163444 99.0
55-592 161118 71292 63399 88.9 160922 99.9
60-64 117149 15668 14075 89.8 31812 27.2
65-69 109527 5434 4824 88.8 11944 10.9
Total 552961 188798 167123 88.5 368122 66.6

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).