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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 17572 6033 5361 88.9 17180 97.8
55-592 12160 6469 5822 90.0 11945 98.2
60-64 11551 3660 2850 77.9 7757 67.2
65-69 11804 3034 2387 78.7 5322 45.1
Total 53087 19196 16420 85.5 42204 79.5

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