UPDATED 15.10.2013 14:11

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 392 municipalities (out of 455).

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 132611 81853 72236 88.3 127906 96.5
55-592 115507 60405 53505 88.6 108182 93.7
60-64 107582 10583 9450 89.3 41703 38.8
65-69 113300 7063 5977 84.6 13888 12.3
Total 469000 159904 141168 88.3 291679 62.2

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).