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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki and Uusimaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 33573 19283 15932 82.6 32711 97.4
55-592 26149 11150 9359 83.9 25989 99.4
60-64 19737 3175 2490 78.4 6334 32.1
65-69 14701 1168 939 80.4 3159 21.5
Total 94160 34776 28720 82.6 68193 72.4

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 29 municipalities:
ASKOLA ESPOO HANKO VANTAA HYVINKÄÄ INKOO JÄRVENPÄÄ
KARJAA KARJALOHJA KARKKILA KERAVA LAPINJÄRVI LILJENDAL LOVIISA
LOHJA MYRSKYLÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ NUMMI-PUSULA NURMIJÄRVI PERNAJA POHJA
PORNAINEN PUKKILA PORVOO SAMMATTI SIPOO TAMMISAARI TUUSULA
VIHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HELSINKI KAUNIAINEN KIRKKONUMMI SIUNTIO