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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo 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 7267 3730 3384 90.7 7212 99.2
55-592 6049 3215 2905 90.4 5930 98.0
60-64 5724 717 660 92.1 1500 26.2
65-69 6096 181 159 87.8 486 8.0
Total 25136 7843 7108 90.6 15128 60.2

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIURUVESI VARKAUS