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Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 1992. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 272 municipalities (out of 461).

Age group1 Target 1992 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1991
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1991 or 1992
Coverage
% of population
50-542 71193 37427 33553 89.6 67696 95.1
55-592 65964 36261 32489 89.6 63889 96.9
60-64 70380 14339 11346 79.1 56729 80.6
65-69 69980 2367 2074 87.6 6281 9.0
Total 277517 90394 79462 87.9 194595 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).