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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5048 3255 2766 85.0 4934 97.7
55-592 3996 1782 1418 79.6 3993 99.9
60-64 3442 448 243 54.2 1400 40.7
65-69 3141 17 - - 110 3.5
Total 15627 5502 4427 80.5 10437 66.8

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 12 municipalities:
ASKOLA KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NURMIJÄRVI PORNAINEN
PORVOO PORVOON MLK PUKKILA SIPOO SIUNTIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ESPOO HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO JÄRVENPÄÄ
KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOHJA
LOHJAN KUNTA LOVIISA NUMMI-PUSULA PERNAJA POHJA SAMMATTI TAMMISAARI
TUUSULA VIHTI