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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Satakunta 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 9587 5724 5244 91.6 9454 98.6
55-592 8705 3742 3416 91.3 8680 99.7
60-64 6859 224 203 90.6 572 8.3
65-69 6253 - - - - -
Total 31404 9690 8863 91.5 18706 59.6

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 25 municipalities:
EURA EURAJOKI HARJAVALTA HONKAJOKI HUITTINEN JÄMIJÄRVI KANKAANPÄÄ
KARVIA KIUKAINEN KODISJOKI KOKEMÄKI KULLAA KÖYLIÖ LAPPI
LAVIA LUVIA MERIKARVIA NAKKILA NOORMARKKU POMARKKU PORI
RAUMA SIIKAINEN SÄKYLÄ ULVILA