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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa 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 2822 1664 1482 89.1 2820 99.9
55-592 3015 1164 1043 89.6 3029 100.5
60-64 2245 245 214 87.3 361 16.1
65-69 1919 48 44 91.7 113 5.9
Total 10001 3121 2783 89.2 6323 63.2

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:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI