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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 881 560 517 92.3 881 100.0
55-592 971 358 319 89.1 967 99.6
60-64 1056 390 353 90.5 791 74.9
65-69 1118 - - - - -
Total 4026 1308 1189 90.9 2639 65.5

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 5 municipalities:
ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ KARIJOKI LAPUA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI JALASJÄRVI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA
KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA LAPPAJÄRVI LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI
SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO
ÄHTÄRI