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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-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 5059 2972 2664 89.6 5036 99.5
55-592 5288 2595 2333 89.9 5291 100.1
60-64 4141 180 168 93.3 812 19.6
65-69 3969 - - - 39 1.0
Total 18457 5747 5165 89.9 11178 60.6

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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