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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4448 1660 1499 90.3 4429 99.6
55-592 4382 2674 2440 91.2 4350 99.3
60-64 4217 817 735 90.0 1355 32.1
65-69 4568 - - - 550 12.0
Total 17615 5151 4674 90.7 10684 60.7

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
TAMMELA