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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kainuu health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3393 2048 1837 89.7 3378 99.6
55-592 2559 942 860 91.3 2311 90.3
60-64 2421 273 242 88.6 792 32.7
65-69 2348 - - - - -
Total 10721 3263 2939 90.1 6481 60.5

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 9 municipalities:
HYRYNSALMI KAJAANI KUHMO PALTAMO PUOLANKA RISTIJÄRVI SOTKAMO
SUOMUSSALMI VUOLIJOKI