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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6337 3757 3181 84.7 6328 99.9
55-592 6903 2753 2403 87.3 6878 99.6
60-64 5211 1420 1201 84.6 2620 50.3
65-69 4721 343 313 91.3 1419 30.1
Total 23172 8273 7098 85.8 17245 74.4

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ