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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 65301 38904 32291 83.0 64473 98.7
55-592 69555 29212 24514 83.9 69486 99.9
60-64 54992 11398 9613 84.3 21300 38.7
65-69 43032 5407 4492 83.1 11663 27.1
Total 232880 84921 70910 83.5 166922 71.7

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 53 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ INKOO IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI KOTKA KOUVOLA
KUUSANKOSKI LAPPEENRANTA LAPINJÄRVI LEMI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LUUMÄKI
LOHJA MIEHIKKÄLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA POHJA
PORNAINEN PYHTÄÄ PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI
SAVITAIPALE SIPOO ANJALANKOSKI SIUNTIO TAIPALSAARI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA
VALKEALA VIHTI VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA