UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:12


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2010. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2010 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2009
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2009 or 2010
Coverage
% of population
50-54 52459 31246 24290 77.7 39249 74.8
55-59 52388 21778 17081 78.4 33851 64.6
60-64 55927 31957 25717 80.5 40986 73.3
65-69 39638 12677 10142 80.0 23306 58.8
Total 200412 97658 77230 79.1 137392 68.6

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 27 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO
JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI LAPINJÄRVI
LOVIISA LOHJA MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PORNAINEN PUKKILA
PORVOO RAASEPORI SIPOO SIUNTIO TUUSULA VIHTI