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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Oulu region in Finland in the invitation year 2003. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2003 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2002 or 2003
Coverage
% of population
50-542 25922 15302 13561 88.6 25734 99.3
55-592 23291 9713 8696 89.5 23301 100.0
60-64 17570 1953 1743 89.2 4102 23.3
65-69 16759 223 199 89.2 980 5.8
Total 83542 27191 24199 89.0 54117 64.8

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 82 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA ENONTEKIÖ HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HALSUA HAUKIPUDAS
HIMANKA HYRYNSALMI II INARI KAJAANI KALAJOKI KANNUS
KAUSTINEN KEMI KEMINMAA KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KITTILÄ
KOKKOLA KOLARI KRUUNUPYY KUHMO KUUSAMO KÄLVIÄ KÄRSÄMÄKI
KEMIJÄRVI LESTIJÄRVI LIMINKA LOHTAJA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS
MUONIO OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO PALTAMO PELKOSENNIEMI PERHO
PIIPPOLA POSIO PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PUOLANKA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄNTÄ
RAAHE RANTSILA RANUA REISJÄRVI RISTIJÄRVI ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMI MLK
RUUKKI SALLA SAVUKOSKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI SIMO SODANKYLÄ
SOTKAMO SUOMUSSALMI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TERVOLA TOHOLAMPI TORNIO
PELLO TYRNÄVÄ ULLAVA UTAJÄRVI UTSJOKI VETELI VIHANTI
VUOLIJOKI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLITORNIO YLIVIESKA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KUIVANIEMI NIVALA PYHÄJÄRVI