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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4594 2555 2253 88.2 4429 96.4
55-592 4180 1747 1523 87.2 4184 100.1
60-64 3347 503 441 87.7 1034 30.9
65-69 3357 - - - 136 4.1
Total 15478 4805 4217 87.8 9783 63.2

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:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMI MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI