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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1991 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1990 or 1991
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4798 3233 2722 84.2 4790 99.8
55-592 3598 1367 1178 86.2 3508 97.5
60-64 3395 919 732 79.7 1792 52.8
65-69 3196 - - - - -
Total 14987 5519 4632 83.9 10090 67.3

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 12 municipalities:
ASKOLA KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NURMIJÄRVI PORNAINEN
PORVOO PORVOON MLK PUKKILA SIPOO SIUNTIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ESPOO HANKO VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOHJA LOHJAN KUNTA
LOVIISA NUMMI-PUSULA PERNAJA POHJA SAMMATTI TAMMISAARI TENHOLA
TUUSULA VIHTI