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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 5822 3567 3258 91.3 5780 99.3
55-592 4725 2040 1861 91.2 4706 99.6
60-64 4649 1573 1425 90.6 3479 74.8
65-69 5140 1661 1406 84.6 2141 41.7
Total 20336 8841 7950 89.9 16106 79.2

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 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ