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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaan 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 17314 10443 9203 88.1 17260 99.7
55-592 17304 7051 6301 89.4 17264 99.8
60-64 12299 2282 2029 88.9 4240 34.5
65-69 11515 375 326 86.9 906 7.9
Total 58432 20151 17859 88.6 39670 67.9

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 34 municipalities:
HÄMEENKYRÖ IKAALINEN JUUPAJOKI KANGASALA KIHNIÖ KIIKOINEN KUHMALAHTI
KURU KYLMÄKOSKI LEMPÄÄLÄ LUOPIOINEN LÄNGELMÄKI MOUHIJÄRVI MÄNTTÄ
NOKIA ORIVESI PARKANO PIRKKALA PÄLKÄNE RUOVESI SAHALAHTI
SUODENNIEMI TAMPERE TOIJALA URJALA VALKEAKOSKI VAMMALA VESILAHTI
VIIALA VILJAKKALA VILPPULA VIRRAT YLÖJÄRVI ÄETSÄ