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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-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 7108 4399 3938 89.5 7100 99.9
55-592 7356 3094 2790 90.2 7303 99.3
60-64 4925 1369 1244 90.9 2734 55.5
65-69 5077 734 645 87.9 1482 29.2
Total 24466 9596 8617 89.8 18619 76.1

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
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