UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:27


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 53166 31156 25735 82.6 52497 98.7
55-592 54219 22991 19381 84.3 54117 99.8
60-64 35735 8027 6841 85.2 12771 35.7
65-69 28484 2182 1831 83.9 8518 29.9
Total 171604 64356 53788 83.6 127903 74.5

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 30 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO
JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA 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:
KAUNIAINEN KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO