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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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 2729 1629 1447 88.8 2716 99.5
55-592 2446 997 893 89.6 2451 100.2
60-64 1740 228 204 89.5 401 23.0
65-69 1742 - - - 24 1.4
Total 8657 2854 2544 89.1 5592 64.6

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO