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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7026 4142 3710 89.6 7030 100.1
55-592 7971 3232 2889 89.4 7992 100.3
60-64 5931 1216 1081 88.9 2152 36.3
65-69 5111 79 69 87.3 79 1.5
Total 26039 8669 7749 89.4 17253 66.3

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 12 municipalities:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VIROLAHTI