UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:29


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 52453 31320 25765 82.3 51801 98.8
55-592 57004 23973 20160 84.1 56881 99.8
60-64 37066 7715 6536 84.7 14248 38.4
65-69 30075 5222 4352 83.3 9281 30.9
Total 176598 68230 56813 83.3 132211 74.9

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 31 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO
JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI
LILJENDAL LOVIISA LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI
PERNAJA POHJA PORNAINEN PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO
TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO