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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala 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 6821 4054 3622 89.3 6829 100.1
55-592 6623 2676 2373 88.7 6627 100.1
60-64 5045 1074 966 89.9 1789 35.5
65-69 4555 373 334 89.5 723 15.9
Total 23044 8177 7295 89.2 15968 69.3

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:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KITEE KONTIOLAHTI
OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ RÄÄKKYLÄ
TOHMAJÄRVI VALTIMO