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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa 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 2839 1705 1520 89.1 2849 100.4
55-592 2996 1205 1084 90.0 2999 100.1
60-64 2051 232 209 90.1 569 27.7
65-69 1857 275 248 90.2 475 25.6
Total 9743 3417 3061 89.6 6892 70.7

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:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI