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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9742 5923 5222 88.2 9711 99.7
55-592 9649 3847 3394 88.2 9560 99.1
60-64 7392 238 209 87.8 436 5.9
65-69 7013 - - - - -
Total 33796 10008 8825 88.2 19707 58.3

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