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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 7705 4471 4049 90.6 7674 99.6
55-592 5523 1913 1721 90.0 5520 99.9
60-64 5101 617 460 74.6 2137 41.9
65-69 5329 - - - - -
Total 23658 7001 6230 89.0 15331 64.8

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