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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2457 1447 1281 88.5 2369 96.4
55-592 2368 706 619 87.7 2062 87.1
60-64 2331 1034 910 88.0 1880 80.7
65-69 2430 62 58 93.5 62 2.6
Total 9586 3249 2868 88.3 6373 66.5

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 16 municipalities:
HAAPAJÄRVI KALAJOKI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA LUMIJOKI MUHOS
NIVALA PYHÄSALMI RANTSILA REISJÄRVI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TEMMES
TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KEMPELE KESTILÄ
KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI MERIJÄRVI OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO PATTIJOKI
PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE RUUKKI
SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA