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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5475 3181 2981 93.7 5425 99.1
55-592 4173 1972 1844 93.5 4158 99.6
60-64 3830 173 157 90.8 996 26.0
65-69 3652 51 47 92.2 139 3.8
Total 17130 5377 5029 93.5 10718 62.6

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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