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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 6975 4231 3797 89.7 6971 99.9
55-592 7772 3161 2812 89.0 7793 100.3
60-64 6149 867 768 88.6 2049 33.3
65-69 5435 61 56 91.8 149 2.7
Total 26331 8320 7433 89.3 16962 64.4

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 12 municipalities:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VIROLAHTI