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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6253 3270 2919 89.3 5922 94.7
55-592 5870 3260 2847 87.3 5748 97.9
60-64 5596 2518 1802 71.6 4676 83.6
65-69 5748 317 98 30.9 863 15.0
Total 23467 9365 7666 81.9 17209 73.3

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 14 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK HOLLOLA IITTI
KOSKI HL KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ