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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2006 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2005 or 2006
Coverage
% of population
50-542 13342 7869 6980 88.7 13333 99.9
55-592 12759 5377 4763 88.6 12755 100.0
60-64 9356 583 517 88.7 1243 13.3
65-69 8597 48 42 87.5 305 3.5
Total 44054 13877 12302 88.7 27636 62.7

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 41 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI
KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA
LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO
PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE
RANTSILA REISJÄRVI RUUKKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI
TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA