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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 67968 40673 34077 83.8 67042 98.6
55-592 62769 25981 22154 85.3 62389 99.4
60-64 44306 7085 5993 84.6 11548 26.1
65-69 35865 4622 3916 84.7 5343 14.9
Total 210908 78361 66140 84.4 146322 69.4

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 53 municipalities:
ASKOLA ELIMÄKI ESPOO HAMINA HANKO HELSINKI VANTAA
HYVINKÄÄ INKOO IMATRA JAALA JOUTSENO JÄRVENPÄÄ KARJAA
KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KAUNIAINEN KERAVA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI
LAPPEENRANTA LAPINJÄRVI LEMI LILJENDAL LOVIISA LUUMÄKI LOHJA
MIEHIKKÄLÄ MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA POHJA
PORNAINEN PYHTÄÄ PORVOO RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ SAMMATTI
SAVITAIPALE SIPOO ANJALANKOSKI TAIPALSAARI TAMMISAARI TUUSULA VALKEALA
VEHKALAHTI VIHTI VIROLAHTI YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO