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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6580 3912 3530 90.2 6549 99.5
55-592 4724 2985 2713 90.9 4725 100.0
60-64 4742 779 645 82.8 3314 69.9
65-69 4708 371 295 79.5 1370 29.1
Total 20754 8047 7183 89.3 15958 76.9

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