UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:24


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 55050 32844 27043 82.3 54141 98.3
55-592 51124 20984 17585 83.8 50774 99.3
60-64 35023 6482 5441 83.9 9830 28.1
65-69 27393 4588 3882 84.6 5279 19.3
Total 168590 64898 53951 83.1 120024 71.2

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