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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 8892 4581 4075 89.0 7798 87.7
55-592 6891 3024 2721 90.0 6219 90.2
60-64 6235 1816 1616 89.0 3264 52.3
65-69 6209 - - - 499 8.0
Total 28227 9421 8412 89.3 17780 63.0

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