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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts 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 58386 24646 20287 82.3 48085 82.4
55-592 38962 15165 12819 84.5 29598 76.0
60-64 31727 974 853 87.6 6030 19.0
65-69 26406 1835 1537 83.8 3141 11.9
Total 155481 42620 35496 83.3 86854 55.9

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 29 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL
LOVIISA LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA
PORNAINEN PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO SIUNTIO TUUSULA
VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI