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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region 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.

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 64741 38789 32508 83.8 64079 99.0
55-592 70153 29719 25358 85.3 70068 99.9
60-64 46293 8771 7491 85.4 16643 36.0
65-69 38922 5257 4383 83.4 9334 24.0
Total 220109 82536 69740 84.5 160124 72.7

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 52 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ INKOO IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI
LAPPEENRANTA LAPINJÄRVI LEMI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LUUMÄKI LOHJA
MIEHIKKÄLÄ MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA POHJA
PORNAINEN PYHTÄÄ PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI
SAVITAIPALE SIPOO ANJALANKOSKI TAIPALSAARI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA
VIHTI VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO