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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9415 5619 5067 90.2 8991 95.5
55-592 7163 2289 2093 91.4 6713 93.7
60-64 6900 171 151 88.3 171 2.5
65-69 6242 - - - - -
Total 29720 8079 7311 90.5 15875 53.4

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 23 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KUOPIO LAPINLAHTI
LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA SIILINJÄRVI
SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI VEHMERSALMI
VESANTO VIEREMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIURUVESI