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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2844 1720 1536 89.3 2859 100.5
55-592 3058 1301 1169 89.9 3072 100.5
60-64 2161 135 122 90.4 367 17.0
65-69 1818 103 81 78.6 264 14.5
Total 9881 3259 2908 89.2 6562 66.4

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