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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3142 1120 976 87.1 3065 97.5
55-592 3345 2035 1796 88.3 3040 90.9
60-64 3268 1100 818 74.4 1833 56.1
65-69 3449 - - - 603 17.5
Total 13204 4255 3590 84.4 8541 64.7

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 26 municipalities:
HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI II KALAJOKI KESTILÄ KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI
LIMINKA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN PIIPPOLA
PULKKILA PYHÄSALMI PYHÄNTÄ RANTSILA REISJÄRVI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI
TEMMES TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAVIESKA HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS KEMPELE KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI OULU
OULUNSALO PATTIJOKI PUDASJÄRVI PYHÄJOKI RAAHE RUUKKI SIEVI
SIIKAJOKI YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA