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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 36511 23381 19511 83.4 33690 92.3
55-592 28200 12180 10230 84.0 24708 87.6
60-64 23792 292 264 90.4 1753 7.4
65-69 22995 28 25 89.3 68 0.3
Total 111498 35881 30030 83.7 60219 54.0

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 27 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HELSINKI 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:
HANKO VANTAA INKOO KARJAA KIRKKONUMMI POHJA SIUNTIO
TAMMISAARI