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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6214 3306 2965 89.7 6134 98.7
55-592 6429 3092 2833 91.6 6201 96.5
60-64 6249 1037 941 90.7 2198 35.2
65-69 6767 90 78 86.7 654 9.7
Total 25659 7525 6817 90.6 15187 59.2

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
VARKAUS