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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1992. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1992 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1991
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1991 or 1992
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4007 2285 1829 80.0 3995 99.7
55-592 3157 1942 1526 78.6 3153 99.9
60-64 2891 334 119 35.6 1445 50.0
65-69 2775 - - - - -
Total 12830 4561 3474 76.2 8593 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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 10 municipalities:
ASKOLA KERAVA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NURMIJÄRVI PORNAINEN PORVOO
PORVOON MLK PUKKILA SIPOO

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