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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region 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 46942 29600 25215 85.2 43662 93.0
55-592 37539 18752 16217 86.5 34004 90.6
60-64 32816 1016 936 92.1 5876 17.9
65-69 32726 398 355 89.2 633 1.9
Total 150023 49766 42723 85.8 84175 56.1

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 51 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HELSINKI HYVINKÄÄ
IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN
KERAVA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI LAPPEENRANTA LAPINJÄRVI LEMI
LILJENDAL LOHJA LOHJAN KUNTA LOVIISA LUUMÄKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ MYRSKYLÄ
MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN PORVOO PORVOON MLK
PUKKILA PYHTÄÄ RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI SAVITAIPALE
SIPOO ANJALANKOSKI TAIPALSAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIHTI
VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO VANTAA INKOO KARJAA KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI