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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3957 1610 1516 94.2 3573 90.3
55-592 3945 2407 2270 94.3 3928 99.6
60-64 3910 787 746 94.8 2268 58.0
65-69 3895 - - - 544 14.0
Total 15707 4804 4532 94.3 10313 65.7

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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