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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 8348 4906 4432 90.3 8318 99.6
55-592 5878 2587 2357 91.1 5735 97.6
60-64 6068 603 555 92.0 1704 28.1
65-69 5731 - - - 397 6.9
Total 26025 8096 7344 90.7 16154 62.1

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 22 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KUOPIO LAPINLAHTI
LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA SIILINJÄRVI
SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARPAISJÄRVI VEHMERSALMI VESANTO
VIEREMÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KIURUVESI VARKAUS