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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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 5394 2821 2629 93.2 4905 90.9
55-592 3919 2321 2153 92.8 3902 99.6
60-64 3870 140 133 95.0 1628 42.1
65-69 3781 88 83 94.3 421 11.1
Total 16964 5370 4998 93.1 10856 64.0

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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