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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme 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 5850 3472 3106 89.5 5824 99.6
55-592 4573 1923 1737 90.3 4560 99.7
60-64 4197 816 740 90.7 1459 34.8
65-69 4696 720 636 88.3 1023 21.8
Total 19316 6931 6219 89.7 12866 66.6

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ