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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Suomi 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 10405 6530 5785 88.6 9475 91.1
55-592 7518 2222 2009 90.4 5901 78.5
60-64 6870 85 68 80.0 653 9.5
65-69 6356 - - - - -
Total 31149 8837 7862 89.0 16029 51.5

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 30 municipalities:
HANKASALMI JOUTSA JYVÄSKYLÄ JYVÄSKYLÄN MLK JÄMSÄ JÄMSÄNKOSKI KANNONKOSKI
KARSTULA KEURUU KINNULA KIVIJÄRVI KONNEVESI KORPILAHTI KUHMOINEN
KYYJÄRVI LAUKAA LEIVONMÄKI LUHANKA MULTIA MUURAME PETÄJÄVESI
PIHTIPUDAS PYLKÖNMÄKI SAARIJÄRVI SUMIAINEN SUOLAHTI TOIVAKKA UURAINEN
VIITASAARI ÄÄNEKOSKI