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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7364 4362 3910 89.6 7390 100.4
55-592 7590 3168 2815 88.9 7617 100.4
60-64 5424 814 734 90.2 1236 22.8
65-69 4978 - - - - -
Total 25356 8344 7459 89.4 16243 64.1

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 12 municipalities:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VIROLAHTI