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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3695 1303 1174 90.1 3645 98.6
55-592 4012 2370 2096 88.4 3905 97.3
60-64 4225 1283 859 67.0 2443 57.8
65-69 4639 - - - 1101 23.7
Total 16571 4956 4129 83.3 11094 66.9

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 23 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI
YLIHÄRMÄ ÄHTÄRI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI YLISTARO