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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 54752 28764 23449 81.5 46246 84.5
55-592 38368 15577 12886 82.7 32344 84.3
60-64 30263 609 514 84.4 2569 8.5
65-69 28119 1127 825 73.2 3203 11.4
Total 151502 46077 37674 81.8 84362 55.7

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 28 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HELSINKI 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