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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala 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 7013 4219 3763 89.2 7030 100.2
55-592 6749 2747 2411 87.8 6767 100.3
60-64 5190 965 836 86.6 1847 35.6
65-69 4813 300 263 87.7 873 18.1
Total 23765 8231 7273 88.4 16517 69.5

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 17 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KESÄLAHTI KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI VALTIMO