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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa and Helsinki health care districts 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 33154 19185 15835 82.5 32221 97.2
55-592 25842 9168 7683 83.8 24949 96.5
60-64 20017 2184 1807 82.7 2640 13.2
65-69 19151 1282 1023 79.8 1282 6.7
Total 98164 31819 26348 82.8 61092 62.2

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 14 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HELSINKI KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ
NURMIJÄRVI PORNAINEN PORVOO PORVOON MLK PUKKILA SIPOO SIUNTIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HANKO VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA KARJALOHJA
KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOHJA LOHJAN KUNTA LOVIISA
NUMMI-PUSULA PERNAJA POHJA SAMMATTI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VIHTI