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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6818 4643 4212 90.7 6783 99.5
55-592 6554 2309 2112 91.5 6327 96.5
60-64 6104 683 608 89.0 2124 34.8
65-69 6557 182 165 90.7 874 13.3
Total 26033 7817 7097 90.8 16108 61.9

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
VARKAUS