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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi 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 17157 9064 7960 87.8 17077 99.5
55-592 18590 10270 8922 86.9 18461 99.3
60-64 13669 4354 3924 90.1 8208 60.0
65-69 11599 3903 3433 88.0 6499 56.0
Total 61015 27591 24239 87.9 50245 82.3

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 56 municipalities:
ALASTARO ASKAINEN AURA DRAGSFJÄRD HALIKKO HOUTSKARI INIÖ
KAARINA KEMIÖ KIIKALA KISKO KORPPOO KOSKI TL KUSTAVI
KUUSJOKI LAITILA LEMU LIETO LOIMAA MARTTILA MASKU
MELLILÄ MERIMASKU MIETOINEN MUURLA MYNÄMÄKI NAANTALI NAUVO
NOUSIAINEN ORIPÄÄ PARAINEN PAIMIO PERNIÖ PERTTELI PIIKKIÖ
PUNKALAIDUN PYHÄRANTA PÖYTYÄ RAISIO RUSKO RYMÄTTYLÄ SALO
SAUVO SOMERO SUOMUSJÄRVI SÄRKISALO TAIVASSALO TARVASJOKI TURKU
UUSIKAUPUNKI VAHTO VAMPULA VEHMAA VELKUA VÄSTANFJÄRD YLÄNE