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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 13457 7779 6575 84.5 12782 95.0
55-592 10014 3392 2895 85.3 9268 92.6
60-64 7192 2184 1807 82.7 2640 36.7
65-69 6450 1282 1023 79.8 1282 19.9
Total 37113 14637 12300 84.0 25972 70.0

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

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