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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4750 2861 2470 86.3 4762 100.3
55-592 4629 3077 2604 84.6 4640 100.2
60-64 3353 21 14 66.7 225 6.7
65-69 3500 - - - - -
Total 16232 5959 5088 85.4 9627 59.3

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 15 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ PELLO
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