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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district 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 57702 33717 28034 83.1 51740 89.7
55-592 42792 15504 13031 84.0 34106 79.7
60-64 32113 3564 3067 86.1 5807 18.1
65-69 26588 1292 1089 84.3 3127 11.8
Total 159195 54077 45221 83.6 94780 59.5

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 29 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ
KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL
LOVIISA LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA
PORNAINEN PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO TAMMISAARI TUUSULA
VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
INKOO KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO