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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo 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 2382 1404 1244 88.6 2372 99.6
55-592 1807 708 630 89.0 1797 99.4
60-64 1931 128 112 87.5 192 9.9
65-69 1925 39 36 92.3 104 5.4
Total 8045 2279 2022 88.7 4465 55.5

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 11 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI
SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA UUKUNIEMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KANGASLAMPI SULKAVA