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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 8077 4776 4263 89.3 8031 99.4
55-592 6027 2105 1911 90.8 5999 99.5
60-64 5247 485 427 88.0 1055 20.1
65-69 5013 - - - - -
Total 24364 7366 6601 89.6 15085 61.9

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