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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6704 3951 3519 89.1 6684 99.7
55-592 5141 2169 1980 91.3 5121 99.6
60-64 4849 1101 983 89.3 2046 42.2
65-69 4579 302 270 89.4 665 14.5
Total 21273 7523 6752 89.8 14516 68.2

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 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ