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Organised breast cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened, and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups. Information registered from 412 municipalities (out of 448).

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 177850 104228 91403 87.7 174080 97.9
55-592 138162 58358 51919 89.0 136121 98.5
60-64 122221 18083 15555 86.0 33879 27.7
65-69 105640 5045 4357 86.4 11343 10.7
Total 543873 185714 163234 87.9 355423 65.4

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).