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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2235 1334 1203 90.2 2218 99.2
55-592 1802 723 638 88.2 1793 99.5
60-64 1925 64 60 93.8 106 5.5
65-69 1958 82 68 82.9 107 5.5
Total 7920 2203 1969 89.4 4224 53.3

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 11 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI
SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA UUKUNIEMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KANGASLAMPI SULKAVA