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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7923 4392 3965 90.3 7561 95.4
55-592 7294 2851 2559 89.8 5908 81.0
60-64 6508 118 111 94.1 1027 15.8
65-69 6946 - - - - -
Total 28671 7361 6635 90.1 14496 50.6

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 30 municipalities:
HANKASALMI JOUTSA JYVÄSKYLÄ JYVÄSKYLÄN MLK JÄMSÄ JÄMSÄNKOSKI KANNONKOSKI
KARSTULA KEURUU KINNULA KIVIJÄRVI KONNEVESI KORPILAHTI KUHMOINEN
KYYJÄRVI LAUKAA LEIVONMÄKI LUHANKA MULTIA MUURAME PETÄJÄVESI
PIHTIPUDAS PYLKÖNMÄKI SAARIJÄRVI SUMIAINEN SUOLAHTI TOIVAKKA UURAINEN
VIITASAARI ÄÄNEKOSKI