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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4251 2200 2049 93.1 3802 89.4
55-592 3911 2222 2068 93.1 3899 99.7
60-64 3757 677 631 93.2 2030 54.0
65-69 3959 334 299 89.5 492 12.4
Total 15878 5433 5047 92.9 10223 64.4

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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