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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme 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 6464 3826 3378 88.3 6462 100.0
55-592 6759 2821 2546 90.3 6756 100.0
60-64 4614 897 809 90.2 2246 48.7
65-69 4497 834 746 89.4 1628 36.2
Total 22334 8378 7479 89.3 17092 76.5

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ