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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 66574 35490 29562 83.3 57540 86.4
55-592 47827 20901 17744 84.9 41753 87.3
60-64 38971 1733 1550 89.4 5703 14.6
65-69 37561 1596 1230 77.1 3848 10.2
Total 190933 59720 50086 83.9 108844 57.0

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 50 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ
IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN
KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI 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
SIUNTIO TAIPALSAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIHTI VIROLAHTI
YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI