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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaa 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 9332 5543 4914 88.7 9299 99.6
55-592 7133 2877 2555 88.8 7093 99.4
60-64 6605 1001 884 88.3 2358 35.7
65-69 7003 75 63 84.0 301 4.3
Total 30073 9496 8416 88.6 19051 63.3

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 34 municipalities:
HÄMEENKYRÖ IKAALINEN JUUPAJOKI KANGASALA KIHNIÖ KIIKOINEN KUHMALAHTI
KUOREVESI KURU KYLMÄKOSKI LEMPÄÄLÄ LUOPIOINEN LÄNGELMÄKI MOUHIJÄRVI
MÄNTTÄ NOKIA ORIVESI PARKANO PIRKKALA PÄLKÄNE RUOVESI
SAHALAHTI SUODENNIEMI TOIJALA URJALA VALKEAKOSKI VAMMALA VESILAHTI
VIIALA VILJAKKALA VILPPULA VIRRAT YLÖJÄRVI ÄETSÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
TAMPERE