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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2094 1246 1103 88.5 2045 97.7
55-592 1631 673 609 90.5 1556 95.4
60-64 1757 352 244 69.3 472 26.9
65-69 1608 - - - 54 3.4
Total 7090 2271 1956 86.1 4127 58.2

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HIRVENSALMI MIKKELI RISTIINA