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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2710 1601 1397 87.3 2633 97.2
55-592 1910 1171 1028 87.8 1831 95.9
60-64 2132 49 43 87.8 578 27.1
65-69 2080 - - - 57 2.7
Total 8832 2821 2468 87.5 5099 57.7

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 13 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KANGASLAMPI KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU
RANTASALMI SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA SULKAVA UUKUNIEMI