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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2604 1552 1397 90.0 2606 100.1
55-592 2587 1075 951 88.5 2585 99.9
60-64 1978 229 198 86.5 382 19.3
65-69 2068 25 22 88.0 107 5.2
Total 9237 2881 2568 89.1 5680 61.5

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 13 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KANGASLAMPI KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU
RANTASALMI SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA SULKAVA UUKUNIEMI