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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-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 1223 770 695 90.3 1223 100.0
55-592 1063 417 378 90.6 1052 99.0
60-64 1087 14 12 85.7 37 3.4
65-69 1227 30 26 86.7 34 2.8
Total 4600 1231 1111 90.3 2346 51.0

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 8 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI JÄPPILÄ MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA PIEKSÄMÄKI PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK SUOMENNIEMI
VIRTASALMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ANTTOLA HIRVENSALMI JUVA KANGASNIEMI MIKKELI MIKKELIN MLK PUUMALA
RISTIINA