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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 17646 7495 6650 88.7 17462 99.0
55-592 12991 5518 5008 90.8 12897 99.3
60-64 11079 2581 2189 84.8 7060 63.7
65-69 10586 2981 2438 81.8 5004 47.3
Total 52302 18575 16285 87.7 42423 81.1

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 55 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KAARINA KARINAINEN KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL
KUSTAVI KUUSJOKI LEMU LIETO LOIMAA LOIMAAN KUNTA MARTTILA
MASKU MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI NAANTALI
NAUVO NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PAIMIO PERNIÖ PERTTELI PIIKKIÖ
PUNKALAIDUN PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO SAUVO
SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO TARVASJOKI TURKU UUSIKAUPUNKI
VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VELKUA VÄSTANFJÄRD YLÄNE

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
LAITILA PARAINEN PYHÄRANTA