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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 69313 40034 33401 83.4 67961 98.0
55-592 55940 23630 20102 85.1 55393 99.0
60-64 44481 4058 3281 80.9 8308 18.7
65-69 35180 1187 957 80.6 3234 9.2
Total 204914 68909 57741 83.8 134896 65.8

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 52 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ INKOO IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KERAVA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI LAPPEENRANTA
LAPINJÄRVI LEMI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LUUMÄKI LOHJA MIEHIKKÄLÄ
MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA POHJA PORNAINEN
PYHTÄÄ PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI SAVITAIPALE
SIPOO ANJALANKOSKI TAIPALSAARI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI
VIHTI VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KAUNIAINEN KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO