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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1993 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1992 or 1993
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2080 1305 1191 91.3 2074 99.7
55-592 1901 729 655 89.8 1899 99.9
60-64 1851 1015 283 27.9 1549 83.7
65-69 1956 243 - - 243 12.4
Total 7788 3292 2129 64.7 5765 74.0

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 13 municipalities:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI