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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 12993 5850 5279 90.2 12703 97.8
55-592 11263 5663 5163 91.2 11096 98.5
60-64 10277 3062 2772 90.5 7138 69.5
65-69 11338 3155 2710 85.9 5825 51.4
Total 45871 17730 15924 89.8 36762 80.1

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 55 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KARINAINEN KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL KUSTAVI
KUUSJOKI LAITILA LEMU LIETO LOIMAA LOIMAAN KUNTA MARTTILA
MASKU MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI NAANTALI
NAUVO NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PARAINEN PAIMIO PERNIÖ PERTTELI
PUNKALAIDUN PYHÄRANTA PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO
SAUVO SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO TARVASJOKI TURKU
VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VELKUA VÄSTANFJÄRD YLÄNE

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KAARINA PIIKKIÖ UUSIKAUPUNKI