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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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 4714 2645 2297 86.8 4710 99.9
55-592 4704 1992 1704 85.5 4697 99.9
60-64 3267 33 27 81.8 182 5.6
65-69 3336 - - - - -
Total 16021 4670 4028 86.3 9589 59.9

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI