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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9106 5138 4517 87.9 8885 97.6
55-592 6325 3216 2875 89.4 6199 98.0
60-64 5988 1359 127 9.3 3827 63.9
65-69 5406 529 - - 529 9.8
Total 26825 10242 7519 73.4 19440 72.5

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