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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo 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 4107 2463 2221 90.2 4107 100.0
55-592 4439 1832 1654 90.3 4417 99.5
60-64 3405 1479 1342 90.7 2334 68.5
65-69 3176 272 251 92.3 924 29.1
Total 15127 6046 5468 90.4 11782 77.9

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 12 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI HIRVENSALMI JUVA KANGASNIEMI MIKKELI MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA
PIEKSÄMÄKI PUUMALA PIEKSÄNMAA RISTIINA SUOMENNIEMI