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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 68064 38698 32645 84.4 65184 95.8
55-592 46772 11678 10208 87.4 39501 84.5
60-64 38763 5573 4682 84.0 8664 22.4
65-69 35458 882 668 75.7 2735 7.7
Total 189057 56831 48203 84.8 116084 61.4

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI