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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa 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 34261 20029 16778 83.8 33170 96.8
55-592 24437 9107 7800 85.6 23623 96.7
60-64 18109 3557 3061 86.1 5798 32.0
65-69 14447 1289 1087 84.3 3120 21.6
Total 91254 33982 28726 84.5 65711 72.0

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HELSINKI INKOO KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO