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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1801 1055 919 87.1 1795 99.7
55-592 1703 712 633 88.9 1700 99.8
60-64 1741 42 37 88.1 392 22.5
65-69 1832 25 25 100.0 90 4.9
Total 7077 1834 1614 88.0 3977 56.2

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:
ENONKOSKI KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI SAARI
SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA UUKUNIEMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
JOROINEN KANGASLAMPI SULKAVA