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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 987 352 321 91.2 982 99.5
55-592 1149 713 646 90.6 1136 98.9
60-64 1184 21 19 90.5 38 3.2
65-69 1258 - - - 17 1.4
Total 4578 1086 986 90.8 2173 47.5

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 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