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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Satakunta 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 8738 5086 4567 89.8 8617 98.6
55-592 9907 4086 3768 92.2 9900 99.9
60-64 7272 930 853 91.7 2179 30.0
65-69 6731 - - - - -
Total 32648 10102 9188 91.0 20696 63.4

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 24 municipalities:
EURA EURAJOKI HARJAVALTA HONKAJOKI HUITTINEN JÄMIJÄRVI KANKAANPÄÄ
KARVIA KIUKAINEN KODISJOKI KOKEMÄKI KÖYLIÖ LAPPI LAVIA
LUVIA MERIKARVIA NAKKILA NOORMARKKU POMARKKU PORI RAUMA
SIIKAINEN SÄKYLÄ ULVILA