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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 17829 11434 9742 85.2 15217 85.3
55-592 13563 6119 5238 85.6 10231 75.4
60-64 10907 292 264 90.4 1753 16.1
65-69 10249 28 25 89.3 68 0.7
Total 52548 17873 15269 85.4 27269 51.9

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 26 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN
KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOHJA LOHJAN KUNTA LOVIISA MYRSKYLÄ
MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN PORVOO PORVOON MLK
PUKKILA SAMMATTI SIPOO TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO VANTAA INKOO KARJAA KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI