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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 32443 16512 13610 82.4 29178 89.9
55-592 27619 13859 11724 84.6 25927 93.9
60-64 23500 1592 1346 84.5 2104 9.0
65-69 22294 498 400 80.3 610 2.7
Total 105856 32461 27080 83.4 57819 54.6

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 27 municipalities:
ASKOLA HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA
KAUNIAINEN KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOHJA LOHJAN KUNTA LOVIISA
MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN PORVOO
PORVOON MLK PUKKILA SAMMATTI SIPOO TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ESPOO HANKO INKOO KARJAA KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI