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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2646 1471 1300 88.4 2561 96.8
55-592 2809 1082 970 89.6 2743 97.7
60-64 2141 150 135 90.0 302 14.1
65-69 2071 46 42 91.3 89 4.3
Total 9667 2749 2447 89.0 5695 58.9

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:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI
SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA SULKAVA