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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 64973 38052 31591 83.0 63708 98.1
55-592 71154 29347 24577 83.7 70249 98.7
60-64 51696 11644 9848 84.6 19463 37.6
65-69 39537 3659 3066 83.8 9988 25.3
Total 227360 82702 69082 83.5 163408 71.9

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 52 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ INKOO IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI
LAPPEENRANTA LAPINJÄRVI LEMI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LUUMÄKI LOHJA
MIEHIKKÄLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA POHJA PORNAINEN
PYHTÄÄ PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI SAVITAIPALE
SIPOO ANJALANKOSKI SIUNTIO TAIPALSAARI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA
VIHTI VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KAUNIAINEN