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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Oulu region in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 24293 13174 11580 87.9 23026 94.8
55-592 18005 7466 6662 89.2 17622 97.9
60-64 17249 2541 2061 81.1 4174 24.2
65-69 15157 184 162 88.0 608 4.0
Total 74704 23365 20465 87.6 45430 60.8

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 75 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HALSUA HAUKIPUDAS HIMANKA
HYRYNSALMI II INARI KAJAANI KALAJOKI KANNUS KAUSTINEN
KEMI KEMINMAA KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KITTILÄ KOKKOLA
KRUUNUPYY KUHMO KUUSAMO KÄLVIÄ KÄRSÄMÄKI KEMIJÄRVI LESTIJÄRVI
LIMINKA LOHTAJA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS MUONIO OULAINEN
OULU OULUNSALO PALTAMO PELKOSENNIEMI PERHO PIIPPOLA POSIO
PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PUOLANKA PYHÄNTÄ RANTSILA RANUA REISJÄRVI
RISTIJÄRVI ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SIEVI 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:
ENONTEKIÖ KOLARI KUIVANIEMI NIVALA PATTIJOKI PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI
RAAHE RUUKKI SIIKAJOKI SIMO