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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 5561 3631 3305 91.0 5548 99.8
55-592 5169 3138 2814 89.7 5156 99.7
60-64 5450 1111 699 62.9 3281 60.2
65-69 5659 - - - - -
Total 21839 7880 6818 86.5 13985 64.0

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ