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Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 410 municipalities (out of 452).

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 175142 100668 88974 88.4 168335 96.1
55-592 127915 47537 42503 89.4 120201 94.0
60-64 111892 14018 12235 87.3 38006 34.0
65-69 102728 6510 5522 84.8 11860 11.5
Total 517677 168733 149234 88.4 338402 65.4

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).