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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 32991 15839 12858 81.2 24819 75.2
55-592 22622 8591 7146 83.2 16787 74.2
60-64 17323 607 513 84.5 2567 14.8
65-69 15396 1124 822 73.1 3200 20.8
Total 88332 26161 21339 81.6 47373 53.6

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 27 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO 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:
HANKO INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI