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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 52923 30905 25118 81.3 51680 97.7
55-592 57869 23939 19703 82.3 56952 98.4
60-64 41747 10225 8576 83.9 16585 39.7
65-69 30759 3571 2990 83.7 9865 32.1
Total 183298 68640 56387 82.1 135082 73.7

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 31 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO
JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI LAPINJÄRVI
LILJENDAL LOVIISA LOHJA MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA
POHJA PORNAINEN PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KAUNIAINEN