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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district 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 12531 6770 6053 89.4 12296 98.1
55-592 11843 5529 4982 90.1 11697 98.8
60-64 11648 4026 3544 88.0 8644 74.2
65-69 12356 3349 2874 85.8 6859 55.5
Total 48378 19674 17453 88.7 39496 81.6

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 57 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KAARINA KARINAINEN KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL
KUSTAVI KUUSJOKI LAITILA LEMU LIETO LOIMAA LOIMAAN KUNTA
MARTTILA MASKU MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI
NAANTALI NAUVO NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PARAINEN PAIMIO PERNIÖ
PERTTELI PIIKKIÖ PUNKALAIDUN PYHÄRANTA PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO
RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO SAUVO SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO
TARVASJOKI TURKU UUSIKAUPUNKI VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VÄSTANFJÄRD
YLÄNE

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
VELKUA