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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6443 3919 3451 88.1 6432 99.8
55-592 6900 2781 2468 88.7 6911 100.2
60-64 4948 1676 1479 88.2 2408 48.7
65-69 4449 600 526 87.7 1599 35.9
Total 22740 8976 7924 88.3 17350 76.3

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ