UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:13


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2007. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2007 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2006
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2006 or 2007
Coverage
% of population
50-54 7010 4166 3626 87.0 7011 100.0
55-59 6783 2638 2251 85.3 6757 99.6
60-64 5743 1699 1496 88.1 2525 44.0
65-69 4679 221 188 85.1 660 14.1
Total 24215 8724 7561 86.7 16953 70.0

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 17 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KESÄLAHTI KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI VALTIMO