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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-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 7124 4208 3766 89.5 7126 100.0
55-592 6848 2736 2518 92.0 6805 99.4
60-64 5045 1590 1449 91.1 2582 51.2
65-69 4978 573 499 87.1 1246 25.0
Total 23995 9107 8232 90.4 17759 74.0

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
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