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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 6368 3012 2665 88.5 6185 97.1
55-592 6007 3474 3040 87.5 5988 99.7
60-64 5552 1261 1087 86.2 3820 68.8
65-69 5732 - - - 1083 18.9
Total 23659 7747 6792 87.7 17076 72.2

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 14 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK HOLLOLA IITTI
KOSKI HL KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ