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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-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 1916 1155 1036 89.7 1904 99.4
55-592 1412 769 706 91.8 1282 90.8
60-64 1676 97 93 95.9 635 37.9
65-69 1596 15 15 100.0 129 8.1
Total 6600 2036 1850 90.9 3950 59.8

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