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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 6378 3793 3425 90.3 6385 100.1
55-592 5786 2133 1918 89.9 5777 99.8
60-64 4830 1688 1511 89.5 3260 67.5
65-69 5072 - - - 657 13.0
Total 22066 7614 6854 90.0 16079 72.9

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK