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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2005 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2004 or 2005
Coverage
% of population
50-542 13243 7909 7027 88.8 13217 99.8
55-592 12677 5113 4590 89.8 12674 100.0
60-64 9066 769 695 90.4 1305 14.4
65-69 8019 27 24 88.9 315 3.9
Total 43005 13818 12336 89.3 27511 64.0

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 41 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI
KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA
LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO
PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE
RANTSILA REISJÄRVI RUUKKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI
TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA