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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6907 4118 3613 87.7 6918 100.2
55-592 5108 1732 1565 90.4 4892 95.8
60-64 5120 1412 903 64.0 2591 50.6
65-69 5373 162 55 34.0 405 7.5
Total 22508 7424 6136 82.7 14806 65.8

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO ÄHTÄRI