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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Satakunta health care district 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.

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 9818 5652 5149 91.1 9656 98.3
55-592 7819 3113 2847 91.5 7804 99.8
60-64 7084 278 254 91.4 576 8.1
65-69 6193 - - - - -
Total 30914 9043 8250 91.2 18036 58.3

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 25 municipalities:
EURA EURAJOKI HARJAVALTA HONKAJOKI HUITTINEN JÄMIJÄRVI KANKAANPÄÄ
KARVIA KIUKAINEN KODISJOKI KOKEMÄKI KULLAA KÖYLIÖ LAPPI
LAVIA LUVIA MERIKARVIA NAKKILA NOORMARKKU POMARKKU PORI
RAUMA SIIKAINEN SÄKYLÄ ULVILA