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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa 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 6903 4138 3775 91.2 6991 101.3
55-592 7423 3008 2731 90.8 7428 100.1
60-64 5195 1939 1745 90.0 3056 58.8
65-69 4874 767 669 87.2 1731 35.5
Total 24395 9852 8920 90.5 19206 78.7

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 26 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA
TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO ÄHTÄRI