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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 7108 4295 3853 89.7 7092 99.8
55-592 5499 3542 3206 90.5 5493 99.9
60-64 5053 493 446 90.5 1432 28.3
65-69 5572 - - - 35 0.6
Total 23232 8330 7505 90.1 14052 60.5

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 13 municipalities:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIROLAHTI