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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3453 1333 1156 86.7 3229 93.5
55-592 3650 1951 1707 87.5 3221 88.2
60-64 3401 471 410 87.0 1100 32.3
65-69 3068 - - - 403 13.1
Total 13572 3755 3273 87.2 7953 58.6

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
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