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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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 4776 2472 2296 92.9 4283 89.7
55-592 4010 1818 1684 92.6 3977 99.2
60-64 3706 631 590 93.5 1702 45.9
65-69 3908 469 405 86.4 610 15.6
Total 16400 5390 4975 92.3 10572 64.5

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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