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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki 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 21761 12925 10591 81.9 21503 98.8
55-592 15746 6986 5740 82.2 15590 99.0
60-64 12940 2 1 50.0 2 -
65-69 12723 3 3 100.0 3 -
Total 63170 19916 16335 82.0 37098 58.7

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 1 municipalities:
HELSINKI