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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Suomi 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 9956 5936 5326 89.7 9929 99.7
55-592 9598 3928 3527 89.8 9599 100.0
60-64 7054 395 352 89.1 713 10.1
65-69 6632 - - - - -
Total 33240 10259 9205 89.7 20241 60.9

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 30 municipalities:
HANKASALMI JOUTSA JYVÄSKYLÄ JYVÄSKYLÄN MLK JÄMSÄ JÄMSÄNKOSKI KANNONKOSKI
KARSTULA KEURUU KINNULA KIVIJÄRVI KONNEVESI KORPILAHTI KUHMOINEN
KYYJÄRVI LAUKAA LEIVONMÄKI LUHANKA MULTIA MUURAME PETÄJÄVESI
PIHTIPUDAS PYLKÖNMÄKI SAARIJÄRVI SUMIAINEN SUOLAHTI TOIVAKKA UURAINEN
VIITASAARI ÄÄNEKOSKI