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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1991 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1990 or 1991
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4929 3002 2755 91.8 4923 99.9
55-592 4764 1995 1819 91.2 4744 99.6
60-64 5350 3335 3017 90.5 4439 83.0
65-69 5207 - - - - -
Total 20250 8332 7591 91.1 14106 69.7

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