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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 71187 41636 35243 84.6 65119 91.5
55-592 52939 19565 16773 85.7 44192 83.5
60-64 41141 4222 3651 86.5 7849 19.1
65-69 35209 1343 1136 84.6 3266 9.3
Total 200476 66766 56803 85.1 120426 60.1

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 51 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ 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 PORNAINEN PYHTÄÄ
PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI SAVITAIPALE SIPOO
ANJALANKOSKI TAIPALSAARI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIHTI
VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
INKOO KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO