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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 32372 18508 15543 84.0 30528 94.3
55-592 21066 7791 6638 85.2 19613 93.1
60-64 16499 4209 3520 83.6 4847 29.4
65-69 13956 659 459 69.7 2152 15.4
Total 83893 31167 26160 83.9 57140 68.1

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 ESPOO VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA
KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LOHJA
MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN PUKKILA
PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO SIUNTIO TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI