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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 71779 32171 27153 84.4 60929 84.9
55-592 48377 19859 17097 86.1 38960 80.5
60-64 40817 1684 1499 89.0 8844 21.7
65-69 35311 1923 1620 84.2 3562 10.1
Total 196284 55637 47369 85.1 112295 57.2

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 51 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA
KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI LAPPEENRANTA
LAPINJÄRVI LEMI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LUUMÄKI LOHJA MIEHIKKÄLÄ
MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN PYHTÄÄ
PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI SAVITAIPALE SIPOO
ANJALANKOSKI SIUNTIO TAIPALSAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIHTI
VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI