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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5283 3164 2891 91.4 5275 99.8
55-592 4697 2249 2097 93.2 4686 99.8
60-64 3932 181 167 92.3 589 15.0
65-69 3616 34 34 100.0 64 1.8
Total 17528 5628 5189 92.2 10614 60.6

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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