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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1995 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1994 or 1995
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3005 1929 1695 87.9 2906 96.7
55-592 2880 1626 1414 87.0 2878 99.9
60-64 2686 299 261 87.3 1344 50.0
65-69 2845 369 137 37.1 563 19.8
Total 11416 4223 3507 83.0 7691 67.4

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 20 municipalities:
HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAUKIPUDAS II KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI
KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI MERIJÄRVI OULAINEN PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA
PYHÄSALMI PYHÄNTÄ REISJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAVIESKA HAILUOTO KALAJOKI KEMPELE LIMINKA LUMIJOKI MUHOS
NIVALA OULU OULUNSALO PATTIJOKI PYHÄJOKI RAAHE RANTSILA
RUUKKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TEMMES TYRNÄVÄ
UTAJÄRVI YLIVIESKA