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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5119 2558 2376 92.9 4563 89.1
55-592 3969 1981 1853 93.5 3940 99.3
60-64 3773 747 702 94.0 1681 44.6
65-69 3835 223 209 93.7 579 15.1
Total 16696 5509 5140 93.3 10763 64.5

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
SAVITAIPALE TAIPALSAARI YLÄMAA