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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2514 1527 1348 88.3 2523 100.4
55-592 2631 1067 956 89.6 2623 99.7
60-64 1889 135 118 87.4 364 19.3
65-69 2082 60 52 86.7 85 4.1
Total 9116 2789 2474 88.7 5595 61.4

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KANGASLAMPI