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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2002 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2001 or 2002
Coverage
% of population
50-542 12277 7564 6647 87.9 12211 99.5
55-592 10019 4105 3606 87.8 9143 91.3
60-64 7980 849 740 87.2 1875 23.5
65-69 7245 - - - 168 2.3
Total 37521 12518 10993 87.8 23397 62.4

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KUIVANIEMI NIVALA PYHÄJÄRVI SIIKAJOKI