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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 4295 2627 2351 89.5 4295 100.0
55-592 3869 1473 1339 90.9 3841 99.3
60-64 3294 1230 1130 91.9 2154 65.4
65-69 3099 300 275 91.7 962 31.0
Total 14557 5630 5095 90.5 11252 77.3

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 14 municipalities:
HAUKIVUORI HIRVENSALMI JUVA JÄPPILÄ KANGASNIEMI MIKKELI MÄNTYHARJU
PERTUNMAA PIEKSÄMÄKI PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK PUUMALA RISTIINA SUOMENNIEMI VIRTASALMI