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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9225 5630 5015 89.1 9243 100.2
55-592 9101 3715 3292 88.6 9108 100.1
60-64 6416 166 155 93.4 298 4.6
65-69 6560 - - - - -
Total 31302 9511 8462 89.0 18649 59.6

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 23 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KUOPIO LAPINLAHTI
LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA SIILINJÄRVI
SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI VEHMERSALMI
VESANTO VIEREMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIURUVESI