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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1750 654 588 89.9 1748 99.9
55-592 1971 1224 1097 89.6 1954 99.1
60-64 1951 386 256 66.3 768 39.4
65-69 2010 - - - 158 7.9
Total 7682 2264 1941 85.7 4628 60.2

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 11 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI
SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA UUKUNIEMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KANGASLAMPI SULKAVA