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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1891 1227 1093 89.1 1881 99.5
55-592 1837 1037 940 90.6 1828 99.5
60-64 1980 40 32 80.0 834 42.1
65-69 1991 43 37 86.0 68 3.4
Total 7699 2347 2102 89.6 4611 59.9

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