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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 17048 11276 9557 84.8 16987 99.6
55-592 18262 6113 5388 88.1 18177 99.5
60-64 14407 3506 3137 89.5 8670 60.2
65-69 12280 3719 3253 87.5 6981 56.8
Total 61997 24614 21335 86.7 50815 82.0

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 56 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KAARINA KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL KUSTAVI
KUUSJOKI LAITILA LEMU LIETO LOIMAA MARTTILA MASKU
MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI NAANTALI NAUVO
NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PARAINEN PAIMIO PERNIÖ PERTTELI PIIKKIÖ
PUNKALAIDUN PYHÄRANTA PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO
SAUVO SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO TARVASJOKI TURKU
UUSIKAUPUNKI VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VELKUA VÄSTANFJÄRD YLÄNE