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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6565 4030 3549 88.1 6571 100.1
55-592 6335 2542 2283 89.8 6337 100.0
60-64 4619 1549 1395 90.1 2069 44.8
65-69 4318 594 535 90.1 832 19.3
Total 21837 8715 7762 89.1 15809 72.4

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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ