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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4761 1724 1597 92.6 4746 99.7
55-592 4766 2837 2638 93.0 4763 99.9
60-64 4877 2089 1920 91.9 3851 79.0
65-69 5323 - - - 1969 37.0
Total 19727 6650 6155 92.6 15329 77.7

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 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ