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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4123 2472 2208 89.3 4129 100.1
55-592 4391 1765 1574 89.2 4400 100.2
60-64 3439 1417 1278 90.2 2499 72.7
65-69 3358 328 299 91.2 997 29.7
Total 15311 5982 5359 89.6 12025 78.5

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 12 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI HIRVENSALMI JUVA KANGASNIEMI MIKKELI MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA
PIEKSÄMÄKI PUUMALA PIEKSÄNMAA RISTIINA SUOMENNIEMI