UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:10


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2805 1696 1532 90.3 2799 99.8
55-592 2651 1084 964 88.9 2663 100.5
60-64 1922 356 292 82.0 585 30.4
65-69 1808 - - - - -
Total 9186 3136 2788 88.9 6047 65.8

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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO