UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:12

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2010. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 342 municipalities (out of 342).

Age group1 Target 2010 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2009
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2009 or 2010
Coverage
% of population
50-54 187465 110789 93679 84.6 173799 92.7
55-59 194507 80985 68688 84.8 175876 90.4
60-64 205686 100410 85743 85.4 171870 83.6
65-69 148604 24351 20204 83.0 52762 35.5
Total 736262 316535 268314 84.8 574307 78.0

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.