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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 7908 4674 4167 89.2 7875 99.6
55-592 6250 2556 2311 90.4 6236 99.8
60-64 5572 707 624 88.3 1192 21.4
65-69 4925 - - - - -
Total 24655 7937 7102 89.5 15303 62.1

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