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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Ahvenanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1052 598 510 85.3 1049 99.7
55-592 1013 670 565 84.3 1023 101.0
60-64 881 520 460 88.5 883 100.2
65-69 619 377 343 91.0 615 99.4
Total 3565 2165 1878 86.7 3570 100.1

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:
BRÄNDÖ ECKERÖ FINSTRÖM FÖGLÖ GETA HAMMARLAND JOMALA
KUMLINGE KÖKAR LEMLAND LUMPARLAND MAARIANHAMINA SALTVIK SOTTUNGA
SUND VÅRDÖ