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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district 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 9194 5221 4596 88.0 9002 97.9
55-592 7069 2982 2609 87.5 7001 99.0
60-64 6420 609 550 90.3 1106 17.2
65-69 5357 - - - - -
Total 28040 8812 7755 88.0 17109 61.0

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 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ