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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 8767 5001 4435 88.7 8601 98.1
55-592 8594 3628 3201 88.2 8484 98.7
60-64 6230 499 404 81.0 1026 16.5
65-69 5741 - - - 42 0.7
Total 29332 9128 8040 88.1 18153 61.9

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 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ