UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:41


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 52407 30923 24201 78.3 51764 98.8
55-59 53608 22283 17748 79.6 53745 100.3
60-64 53373 28891 23413 81.0 49917 93.5
65-69 34580 10318 8198 79.5 28694 83.0
Total 193968 92415 73560 79.6 184120 94.9

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 32 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 PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO
SIUNTIO TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VIHTI