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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo 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 1819 1042 939 90.1 1602 88.1
55-592 1470 573 523 91.3 1199 81.6
60-64 1622 232 218 94.0 246 15.2
65-69 1670 68 11 16.2 91 5.4
Total 6581 1915 1691 88.3 3138 47.7

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 10 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI JUVA JÄPPILÄ KANGASNIEMI MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA PIEKSÄMÄKI
PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK SUOMENNIEMI VIRTASALMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ANTTOLA HIRVENSALMI MIKKELI MIKKELIN MLK PUUMALA RISTIINA