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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 8846 4910 4418 90.0 8514 96.2
55-592 7052 3117 2785 89.3 6346 90.0
60-64 6536 - - - 517 7.9
65-69 6866 - - - - -
Total 29300 8027 7203 89.7 15377 52.5

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