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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1991 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1990 or 1991
Coverage
% of population
50-542 985 561 501 89.3 972 98.7
55-592 981 392 346 88.3 983 100.2
60-64 1141 688 604 87.8 897 78.6
65-69 1148 - - - - -
Total 4255 1641 1451 88.4 2852 67.0

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 5 municipalities:
ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ KARIJOKI LAPUA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI JALASJÄRVI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA
KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA LAPPAJÄRVI LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI
SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO
ÄHTÄRI