UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:36


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa 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 53317 31731 25855 81.5 52528 98.5
55-592 56567 23486 19395 82.6 56490 99.9
60-64 44769 10351 8677 83.8 18440 41.2
65-69 33683 5346 4436 83.0 11475 34.1
Total 188336 70914 58363 82.3 138933 73.8

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