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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 6254 3663 3343 91.3 6253 100.0
55-592 5598 992 901 90.8 5610 100.2
60-64 5002 939 802 85.4 1955 39.1
65-69 5508 35 32 91.4 97 1.8
Total 22362 5629 5078 90.2 13915 62.2

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 12 municipalities:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIROLAHTI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ