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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6371 3678 3259 88.6 6113 96.0
55-592 4437 2753 2403 87.3 4368 98.4
60-64 4565 598 518 86.6 1963 43.0
65-69 4122 - - - 150 3.6
Total 19495 7029 6180 87.9 12594 64.6

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KUIVANIEMI NIVALA OULU PATTIJOKI PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI RAAHE
RUUKKI SIIKAJOKI