All the Tampere residents aged 40 or 50 years are provided with a health check-up.
The letters giving the check-up appointment are sent, in alphabetical order, to the whole age group during the year in which the person concerned turns 40 or 50 years. The health check-ups are free of charge.
The health check-up is conducted by a public health nurse. In the check-up the risks of contracting cardiovascular disease, adult type diabetes, breast cancer, cervical cancer as well as musculoskeletal diseases are examined.
Health check-ups for adults
Tel. 03 5657 0388, Monday to Thursday 9.30 - 11.30
Booking appointments Each year it is decided which age groups are selected for a check-up. They receive by post the letters giving the check-up appointment. Changing appointments: tel. 03 5657 0388
During 2012 the health check-ups will be done to women and men who were born in 1962 and 1972.
See also Screenings for detecting cases of cervical cancer and breast cancer are conducted for women belonging to specific age groups: