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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1992. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1992 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1991
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1991 or 1992
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4752 2686 2495 92.9 4740 99.7
55-592 4719 2767 2565 92.7 4705 99.7
60-64 5332 1060 960 90.6 5295 99.3
65-69 5196 - - - 75 1.4
Total 19999 6513 6020 92.4 14815 74.1

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 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ