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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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 2752 1609 1432 89.0 2762 100.4
55-592 2708 1077 967 89.8 2705 99.9
60-64 1814 230 208 90.4 379 20.9
65-69 1720 - - - - -
Total 8994 2916 2607 89.4 5846 65.0

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO