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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district 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 6316 3787 3398 89.7 6300 99.7
55-592 4602 1708 1568 91.8 4588 99.7
60-64 4378 889 741 83.4 1705 38.9
65-69 4493 391 250 63.9 1111 24.7
Total 19789 6775 5957 87.9 13704 69.3

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ