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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4206 2462 2217 90.0 4222 100.4
55-592 4095 2097 1914 91.3 4102 100.2
60-64 3237 940 851 90.5 2071 64.0
65-69 3196 317 299 94.3 1044 32.7
Total 14734 5816 5281 90.8 11439 77.6

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 14 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI HIRVENSALMI JUVA JÄPPILÄ KANGASNIEMI MIKKELI MÄNTYHARJU
PERTUNMAA PIEKSÄMÄKI PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK PUUMALA RISTIINA SUOMENNIEMI VIRTASALMI