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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1996 1170 1057 90.3 1987 99.5
55-592 1495 514 466 90.7 1483 99.2
60-64 1577 172 154 89.5 406 25.7
65-69 1593 54 51 94.4 69 4.3
Total 6661 1910 1728 90.5 3945 59.2

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:
HAUKIVUORI JUVA JÄPPILÄ KANGASNIEMI MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA PIEKSÄMÄKI
PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK SUOMENNIEMI VIRTASALMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ANTTOLA HIRVENSALMI MIKKELI MIKKELIN MLK PUUMALA RISTIINA