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Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 395 municipalities (out of 448).

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 168852 100153 88127 88.0 167516 99.2
55-592 150267 60119 53357 88.8 148167 98.6
60-64 117254 16132 14488 89.8 30969 26.4
65-69 106257 4746 4168 87.8 9567 9.0
Total 542630 181150 160140 88.4 356219 65.6

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).