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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi 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 17706 9275 8114 87.5 16396 92.6
55-592 17483 11386 10179 89.4 17422 99.7
60-64 12133 2538 2289 90.2 7182 59.2
65-69 11409 3057 2702 88.4 5400 47.3
Total 58731 26256 23284 88.7 46400 79.0

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 58 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KAARINA KARINAINEN KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL
KUSTAVI KUUSJOKI LAITILA LEMU LIETO LOIMAA LOIMAAN KUNTA
MARTTILA MASKU MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI
NAANTALI NAUVO NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PARAINEN PAIMIO PERNIÖ
PERTTELI PIIKKIÖ PUNKALAIDUN PYHÄRANTA PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO
RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO SAUVO SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO
TARVASJOKI TURKU UUSIKAUPUNKI VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VELKUA
VÄSTANFJÄRD YLÄNE