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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa 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 15460 7127 6129 86.0 12333 79.8
55-592 12956 8219 7066 86.0 11431 88.2
60-64 10483 1592 1346 84.5 2104 20.1
65-69 9486 498 400 80.3 610 6.4
Total 48385 17436 14941 85.7 26478 54.7

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 26 municipalities:
ASKOLA VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN
KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOHJA LOHJAN KUNTA LOVIISA MYRSKYLÄ
MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN PORVOO PORVOON MLK
PUKKILA SAMMATTI SIPOO TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ESPOO HANKO INKOO KARJAA KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI