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Organised breast cancer screening programme 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. Information registered from 410 municipalities (out of 452).
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 | 175142 | 100668 | 88974 | 88.4 | 168335 | 96.1 |
55-592 | 127915 | 47537 | 42503 | 89.4 | 120201 | 94.0 |
60-64 | 111892 | 14018 | 12235 | 87.3 | 38006 | 34.0 |
65-69 | 102728 | 6510 | 5522 | 84.8 | 11860 | 11.5 |
Total | 517677 | 168733 | 149234 | 88.4 | 338402 | 65.4 |