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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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 5136 3088 2816 91.2 5129 99.9
55-592 5310 2546 2346 92.1 5316 100.1
60-64 3830 120 113 94.2 645 16.8
65-69 3766 35 31 88.6 53 1.4
Total 18042 5789 5306 91.7 11143 61.8

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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