UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:05

Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 392 municipalities (out of 444).

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 162414 97717 85527 87.5 161702 99.6
55-592 169207 69134 61256 88.6 168584 99.6
60-64 116900 16161 14564 90.1 32675 28.0
65-69 112065 6625 5874 88.7 12653 11.3
Total 560586 189637 167221 88.2 375614 67.0

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).