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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1991 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1990 or 1991
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5833 3116 2829 90.8 4808 82.4
55-592 5438 2227 2041 91.6 5407 99.4
60-64 5803 2804 2538 90.5 4505 77.6
65-69 5698 - - - - -
Total 22772 8147 7408 90.9 14720 64.6

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 17 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO LAPINLAHTI
LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTAVAARA SIILINJÄRVI TUUSNIEMI
VARPAISJÄRVI VEHMERSALMI VIEREMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KARTTULA RAUTALAMPI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO VARKAUS VESANTO