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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-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 7838 4647 4212 90.6 7799 99.5
55-592 5937 2591 2355 90.9 5907 99.5
60-64 5885 517 477 92.3 1693 28.8
65-69 5922 401 357 89.0 492 8.3
Total 25582 8156 7401 90.7 15891 62.1

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 22 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KUOPIO LAPINLAHTI
LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA SIILINJÄRVI
SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARPAISJÄRVI VEHMERSALMI VESANTO
VIEREMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIURUVESI VARKAUS