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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Satakunta health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 10048 5879 5390 91.7 9852 98.0
55-592 7412 3140 2866 91.3 7400 99.8
60-64 6947 - - - 739 10.6
65-69 6120 - - - - -
Total 30527 9019 8256 91.5 17991 58.9

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