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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo 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 2671 1589 1416 89.1 2668 99.9
55-592 2451 979 884 90.3 2441 99.6
60-64 2000 199 180 90.5 373 18.7
65-69 2034 49 42 85.7 78 3.8
Total 9156 2816 2522 89.6 5560 60.7

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