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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 16292 11030 9920 89.9 15857 97.3
55-592 12171 5091 4607 90.5 12031 98.8
60-64 11223 3328 2927 88.0 7661 68.3
65-69 12181 3062 2681 87.6 5673 46.6
Total 51867 22511 20135 89.4 41222 79.5

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 58 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KAARINA KARINAINEN KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL
KUSTAVI KUUSJOKI LAITILA LEMU LIETO LOIMAA LOIMAAN KUNTA
MARTTILA MASKU MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI
NAANTALI NAUVO NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PARAINEN PAIMIO PERNIÖ
PERTTELI PIIKKIÖ PUNKALAIDUN PYHÄRANTA PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO
RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO SAUVO SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO
TARVASJOKI TURKU UUSIKAUPUNKI VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VELKUA
VÄSTANFJÄRD YLÄNE