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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3933 2627 2379 90.6 3930 99.9
55-592 3879 2176 1958 90.0 3792 97.8
60-64 4116 603 547 90.7 2214 53.8
65-69 4585 525 453 86.3 951 20.7
Total 16513 5931 5337 90.0 10887 65.9

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:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI
YLIHÄRMÄ ÄHTÄRI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI YLISTARO