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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district 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 6708 3886 3486 89.7 6700 99.9
55-592 4605 2558 2331 91.1 4265 92.6
60-64 4529 411 367 89.3 2085 46.0
65-69 4285 199 181 91.0 720 16.8
Total 20127 7054 6365 90.2 13770 68.4

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ