UPDATED 15.10.2013 14:11


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 6891 4228 3775 89.3 6683 97.0
55-592 6005 3011 2657 88.2 5905 98.3
60-64 5467 1226 1057 86.2 3606 66.0
65-69 5766 632 497 78.6 632 11.0
Total 24129 9097 7986 87.8 16826 69.7

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 14 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK HOLLOLA IITTI
HÄMEENKOSKI KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ