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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1992. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1992 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1991
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1991 or 1992
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5563 2888 2545 88.1 5558 99.9
55-592 5085 2422 2156 89.0 5065 99.6
60-64 5117 2173 1841 84.7 4866 95.1
65-69 5092 - - - 1 -
Total 20857 7483 6542 87.4 15490 74.3

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:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA IITTI KOSKI HL KÄRKÖLÄ
LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK