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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 8686 4985 4451 89.3 8437 97.1
55-592 6235 2955 2667 90.3 6211 99.6
60-64 5829 1278 1121 87.7 3490 59.9
65-69 5450 - - - 486 8.9
Total 26200 9218 8239 89.4 18624 71.1

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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ