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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7205 4415 3958 89.6 7213 100.1
55-592 7924 3233 2881 89.1 7964 100.5
60-64 5452 936 842 90.0 1750 32.1
65-69 5131 - - - - -
Total 25712 8584 7681 89.5 16927 65.8

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