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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1992. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1992 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1991
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1991 or 1992
Coverage
% of population
50-542 922 539 480 89.1 918 99.6
55-592 943 583 528 90.6 941 99.8
60-64 1106 209 112 53.6 1113 100.6
65-69 1143 - - - - -
Total 4114 1331 1120 84.1 2972 72.2

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