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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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 4288 2454 2125 86.6 4108 95.8
55-592 3470 1452 1156 79.6 3342 96.3
60-64 3496 480 414 86.3 1042 29.8
65-69 3248 - - - - -
Total 14502 4386 3695 84.2 8492 58.6

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI