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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2734 1671 1493 89.3 2660 97.3
55-592 2225 879 788 89.6 2133 95.9
60-64 1780 197 171 86.8 430 24.2
65-69 1697 - - - - -
Total 8436 2747 2452 89.3 5223 61.9

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO