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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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 3491 2026 1746 86.2 3354 96.1
55-592 3581 1881 1636 87.0 3260 91.0
60-64 3363 307 260 84.7 1257 37.4
65-69 3185 215 192 89.3 307 9.6
Total 13620 4429 3834 86.6 8178 60.0

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