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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 34599 19505 16273 83.4 33457 96.7
55-592 22243 11227 9576 85.3 22025 99.0
60-64 17738 973 852 87.6 6029 34.0
65-69 14198 1831 1533 83.7 3137 22.1
Total 88778 33536 28234 84.2 64648 72.8

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 28 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJALOHJA
KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KIRKKONUMMI LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOVIISA
LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA PORNAINEN
PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO SIUNTIO TUUSULA VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
INKOO KARJAA POHJA TAMMISAARI