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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 9996 5906 5301 89.8 9950 99.5
55-592 7160 2783 2510 90.2 7157 100.0
60-64 6784 1160 1052 90.7 2161 31.9
65-69 6684 - - - 75 1.1
Total 30624 9849 8863 90.0 19343 63.2

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 34 municipalities:
HÄMEENKYRÖ IKAALINEN JUUPAJOKI KANGASALA KIHNIÖ KIIKOINEN KUHMALAHTI
KUOREVESI KURU KYLMÄKOSKI LEMPÄÄLÄ LUOPIOINEN LÄNGELMÄKI MOUHIJÄRVI
MÄNTTÄ NOKIA ORIVESI PARKANO PIRKKALA PÄLKÄNE RUOVESI
SAHALAHTI SUODENNIEMI TOIJALA URJALA VALKEAKOSKI VAMMALA VESILAHTI
VIIALA VILJAKKALA VILPPULA VIRRAT YLÖJÄRVI ÄETSÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
TAMPERE