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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Ahvenanmaa 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 1060 451 402 89.1 869 82.0
55-592 1037 378 333 88.1 1032 99.5
60-64 770 363 332 91.5 502 65.2
65-69 619 357 307 86.0 495 80.0
Total 3486 1549 1374 88.7 2898 83.1

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 16 municipalities:
BRÄNDÖ ECKERÖ FINSTRÖM FÖGLÖ GETA HAMMARLAND JOMALA
KUMLINGE KÖKAR LEMLAND LUMPARLAND MAARIANHAMINA SALTVIK SOTTUNGA
SUND VÅRDÖ