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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6888 4105 3690 89.9 6859 99.6
55-592 4951 1710 1554 90.9 4924 99.5
60-64 4469 477 431 90.4 1364 30.5
65-69 4128 529 464 87.7 728 17.6
Total 20436 6821 6139 90.0 13875 67.9

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