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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7473 4364 3925 89.9 7446 99.6
55-592 5557 2270 2063 90.9 5527 99.5
60-64 5362 1309 1155 88.2 2206 41.1
65-69 4999 28 26 92.9 144 2.9
Total 23391 7971 7169 89.9 15323 65.5

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
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