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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1067 712 628 88.2 1064 99.7
55-592 1088 762 542 71.1 1076 98.9
60-64 1154 17 15 88.2 270 23.4
65-69 1238 15 12 80.0 21 1.7
Total 4547 1506 1197 79.5 2431 53.5

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 8 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI JÄPPILÄ MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA PIEKSÄMÄKI PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK SUOMENNIEMI
VIRTASALMI

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