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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2143 1290 1143 88.6 2141 99.9
55-592 1736 608 538 88.5 1606 92.5
60-64 1663 48 43 89.6 117 7.0
65-69 1716 - - - - -
Total 7258 1946 1724 88.6 3864 53.2

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 5 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SIMO