UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:10


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo 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 2311 1427 1252 87.7 2315 100.2
55-592 2561 995 849 85.3 2557 99.8
60-64 2054 82 73 89.0 173 8.4
65-69 1961 - - - - -
Total 8887 2504 2174 86.8 5045 56.8

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 9 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KERIMÄKI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI SAVONLINNA
SAVONRANTA SULKAVA