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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 55304 31701 26247 82.8 53029 95.9
55-592 37329 7791 6638 85.2 30105 80.6
60-64 29941 4209 3520 83.6 4847 16.2
65-69 26333 659 459 69.7 2157 8.2
Total 148907 44360 36864 83.1 90138 60.5

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 28 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA
KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOVIISA
LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN
PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO SIUNTIO TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI