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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaan 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 16892 10083 8802 87.3 16333 96.7
55-592 18267 7303 6426 88.0 17442 95.5
60-64 13597 2598 2314 89.1 4754 35.0
65-69 11618 156 130 83.3 361 3.1
Total 60374 20140 17672 87.7 38890 64.4

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 33 municipalities:
HÄMEENKYRÖ IKAALINEN JUUPAJOKI KANGASALA KIHNIÖ KIIKOINEN KUHMALAHTI
KURU KYLMÄKOSKI LEMPÄÄLÄ LUOPIOINEN LÄNGELMÄKI MOUHIJÄRVI MÄNTTÄ
NOKIA ORIVESI PARKANO PIRKKALA PÄLKÄNE RUOVESI SUODENNIEMI
TAMPERE TOIJALA URJALA VALKEAKOSKI VAMMALA VESILAHTI VIIALA
VILJAKKALA VILPPULA VIRRAT YLÖJÄRVI ÄETSÄ