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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kainuu 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 3327 1991 1792 90.0 3330 100.1
55-592 3285 1348 1202 89.2 3300 100.5
60-64 2487 357 306 85.7 608 24.4
65-69 2326 - - - - -
Total 11425 3696 3300 89.3 7238 63.4

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 9 municipalities:
HYRYNSALMI KAJAANI KUHMO PALTAMO PUOLANKA RISTIJÄRVI SOTKAMO
SUOMUSSALMI VUOLIJOKI