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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 17482 10159 8822 86.8 17353 99.3
55-592 18364 6233 5629 90.3 18308 99.7
60-64 12445 4829 4353 90.1 7528 60.5
65-69 11652 2823 2482 87.9 6066 52.1
Total 59943 24044 21286 88.5 49255 82.2

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