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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4954 3224 2915 90.4 4926 99.4
55-592 4473 2538 2305 90.8 4439 99.2
60-64 4243 530 464 87.5 1901 44.8
65-69 4806 544 469 86.2 846 17.6
Total 18476 6836 6153 90.0 12112 65.6

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ