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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4110 2524 2281 90.4 4100 99.8
55-592 4335 1708 1529 89.5 4350 100.3
60-64 3162 855 771 90.2 2130 67.4
65-69 3301 652 589 90.3 969 29.4
Total 14908 5739 5170 90.1 11549 77.5

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