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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5073 3034 2788 91.9 5063 99.8
55-592 5397 2210 2014 91.1 5399 100.0
60-64 4077 203 191 94.1 726 17.8
65-69 3715 9 7 77.8 44 1.2
Total 18262 5456 5000 91.6 11232 61.5

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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