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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2929 1772 1582 89.3 2940 100.4
55-592 2822 1166 1054 90.4 2834 100.4
60-64 2000 337 306 90.8 542 27.1
65-69 1847 200 181 90.5 537 29.1
Total 9598 3475 3123 89.9 6853 71.4

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 13 municipalities:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI