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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 10181 4790 4284 89.4 8881 87.2
55-592 6953 2743 2452 89.4 5088 73.2
60-64 6939 - - - 1432 20.6
65-69 6486 - - - - -
Total 30559 7533 6736 89.4 15401 50.4

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 30 municipalities:
HANKASALMI JOUTSA JYVÄSKYLÄ JYVÄSKYLÄN MLK JÄMSÄ JÄMSÄNKOSKI KANNONKOSKI
KARSTULA KEURUU KINNULA KIVIJÄRVI KONNEVESI KORPILAHTI KUHMOINEN
KYYJÄRVI LAUKAA LEIVONMÄKI LUHANKA MULTIA MUURAME PETÄJÄVESI
PIHTIPUDAS PYLKÖNMÄKI SAARIJÄRVI SUMIAINEN SUOLAHTI TOIVAKKA UURAINEN
VIITASAARI ÄÄNEKOSKI