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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 932 535 483 90.3 942 101.1
55-592 969 406 358 88.2 960 99.1
60-64 969 184 165 89.7 423 43.7
65-69 1088 - - - 73 6.7
Total 3958 1125 1006 89.4 2398 60.6

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 5 municipalities:
ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ KARIJOKI LAPUA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI JALASJÄRVI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA
KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA LAPPAJÄRVI LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI
SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO
ÄHTÄRI