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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 7081 4086 3719 91.0 7064 99.8
55-592 4749 2622 2294 87.5 4613 97.1
60-64 4912 1113 832 74.8 2742 55.8
65-69 4919 30 29 96.7 501 10.2
Total 21661 7851 6874 87.6 14920 68.9

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 24 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOKYRÖ JALASJÄRVI
KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA
LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ
VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ ÄHTÄRI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ISOJOKI KARIJOKI YLISTARO