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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2004 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2003 or 2004
Coverage
% of population
50-542 13044 7857 6978 88.8 12771 97.9
55-592 12371 5190 4669 90.0 11972 96.8
60-64 8403 450 409 90.9 1141 13.6
65-69 8174 253 231 91.3 265 3.2
Total 41992 13750 12287 89.4 26149 62.3

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