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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-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 8597 5050 4421 87.5 8416 97.9
55-592 9022 3921 3448 87.9 8899 98.6
60-64 6322 712 638 89.6 1420 22.5
65-69 5886 54 44 81.5 98 1.7
Total 29827 9737 8551 87.8 18833 63.1

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