UPDATED 15.10.2013 14:11


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district 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.

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 1930 1284 1106 86.1 1928 99.9
55-592 1865 1102 963 87.4 1871 100.3
60-64 1743 - - - 421 24.2
65-69 1863 - - - - -
Total 7401 2386 2069 86.7 4220 57.0

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