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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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 5369 2750 2534 92.1 5325 99.2
55-592 4241 2094 1941 92.7 4210 99.3
60-64 4080 174 165 94.8 775 19.0
65-69 3596 16 15 93.8 67 1.9
Total 17286 5034 4655 92.5 10377 60.0

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:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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