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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1991 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1990 or 1991
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5801 3668 3233 88.1 5789 99.8
55-592 4908 2096 1805 86.1 4892 99.7
60-64 5243 2276 1886 82.9 4082 77.9
65-69 5102 1 1 100.0 1 -
Total 21054 8041 6925 86.1 14764 70.1

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 12 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA IITTI KOSKI HL KÄRKÖLÄ
LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK