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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Vaasa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6403 3858 3553 92.1 6245 97.5
55-592 4962 1732 1578 91.1 4804 96.8
60-64 4183 1083 1005 92.8 2815 67.3
65-69 3932 544 497 91.4 592 15.1
Total 19480 7217 6633 91.9 14456 74.2

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 17 municipalities:
JURVA KASKINEN KORSNÄS KRISTIINANKAUPUNKI LAIHIA LUOTO MAALAHTI
MAKSAMAA MUSTASAARI NÄRPIÖ ORAVAINEN PIETARSAARI PEDERSÖREN KUNTA UUSIKAARLEPYY
VAASA VÄHÄKYRÖ VÖYRI