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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4168 2519 2295 91.1 4155 99.7
55-592 3428 1439 1301 90.4 3360 98.0
60-64 3571 1022 721 70.5 2098 58.8
65-69 4056 271 134 49.4 490 12.1
Total 15223 5251 4451 84.8 10103 66.4

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 22 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LEHTIMÄKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ
ÄHTÄRI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
LAPUA NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI YLISTARO