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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1417 866 776 89.6 1419 100.1
55-592 1509 574 520 90.6 1496 99.1
60-64 1557 467 239 51.2 769 49.4
65-69 1578 73 19 26.0 73 4.6
Total 6061 1980 1554 78.5 3757 62.0

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 7 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
JOROINEN KANGASLAMPI PARIKKALA SAARI SULKAVA UUKUNIEMI