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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6034 3364 3077 91.5 4873 80.8
55-592 6056 2844 2622 92.2 5581 92.2
60-64 6190 994 744 74.8 3092 50.0
65-69 6445 332 304 91.6 332 5.2
Total 24725 7534 6747 89.6 13878 56.1

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SONKAJÄRVI VARKAUS VEHMERSALMI