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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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 2754 1675 1513 90.3 2762 100.3
55-592 2643 1109 996 89.8 2644 100.0
60-64 1703 150 129 86.0 378 22.2
65-69 1751 - - - - -
Total 8851 2934 2638 89.9 5784 65.3

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO