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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa 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 5661 3307 2899 87.7 5347 94.5
55-592 4463 1657 1444 87.1 4128 92.5
60-64 4420 656 567 86.4 1516 34.3
65-69 4061 32 28 87.5 235 5.8
Total 18605 5652 4938 87.4 11226 60.3

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

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