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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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 5185 2686 2447 91.1 5174 99.8
55-592 5026 2497 2312 92.6 5022 99.9
60-64 3897 177 168 94.9 650 16.7
65-69 3674 18 18 100.0 65 1.8
Total 17782 5378 4945 91.9 10911 61.4

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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