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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3139 1807 1623 89.8 3132 99.8
55-592 2188 797 722 90.6 1899 86.8
60-64 1874 222 203 91.4 868 46.3
65-69 1815 314 267 85.0 378 20.8
Total 9016 3140 2815 89.6 6277 69.6

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 13 municipalities:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI