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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6832 4105 3627 88.4 6834 100.0
55-592 5190 2086 1876 89.9 5171 99.6
60-64 4764 757 679 89.7 1234 25.9
65-69 4085 204 182 89.2 733 17.9
Total 20871 7152 6364 89.0 13972 66.9

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