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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9344 5446 4848 89.0 9134 97.8
55-592 6822 2667 2359 88.5 6749 98.9
60-64 5963 214 190 88.8 2129 35.7
65-69 5383 - - - 529 9.8
Total 27512 8327 7397 88.8 18541 67.4

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 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ