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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa 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 7215 4441 3936 88.6 7208 99.9
55-592 7420 3062 2715 88.7 7377 99.4
60-64 5542 1698 1510 88.9 3207 57.9
65-69 5231 547 499 91.2 1695 32.4
Total 25408 9748 8660 88.8 19487 76.7

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 26 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA
TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO ÄHTÄRI