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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa 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 4567 2777 2470 88.9 4566 100.0
55-592 3961 1766 1550 87.8 3932 99.3
60-64 3727 831 647 77.9 1967 52.8
65-69 3793 203 174 85.7 333 8.8
Total 16048 5577 4841 86.8 10798 67.3

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 30 municipalities:
HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI KESTILÄ
KIIMINKI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS
OULAINEN PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RANTSILA
REISJÄRVI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TEMMES TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI
YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAVIESKA KEMPELE KUIVANIEMI NIVALA OULU OULUNSALO PATTIJOKI
PYHÄJOKI RAAHE RUUKKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI YLIVIESKA