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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 9086 5326 4697 88.2 8875 97.7
55-592 7933 3366 2982 88.6 7845 98.9
60-64 6204 397 357 89.9 1163 18.7
65-69 5533 - - - - -
Total 28756 9089 8036 88.4 17883 62.2

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 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ