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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Satakunta health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9467 5544 5082 91.7 9245 97.7
55-592 6948 3360 3095 92.1 6922 99.6
60-64 6792 109 99 90.8 368 5.4
65-69 6309 - - - - -
Total 29516 9013 8276 91.8 16535 56.0

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 25 municipalities:
EURA EURAJOKI HARJAVALTA HONKAJOKI HUITTINEN JÄMIJÄRVI KANKAANPÄÄ
KARVIA KIUKAINEN KODISJOKI KOKEMÄKI KULLAA KÖYLIÖ LAPPI
LAVIA LUVIA MERIKARVIA NAKKILA NOORMARKKU POMARKKU PORI
RAUMA SIIKAINEN SÄKYLÄ ULVILA