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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7618 4586 4144 90.4 7534 98.9
55-592 5350 1809 1650 91.2 5236 97.9
60-64 5087 866 784 90.5 2436 47.9
65-69 5083 116 107 92.2 236 4.6
Total 23138 7377 6685 90.6 15442 66.7

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
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