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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district 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 12342 7353 6485 88.2 12327 99.9
55-592 10764 4531 4079 90.0 10752 99.9
60-64 8083 597 532 89.1 1502 18.6
65-69 7494 23 18 78.3 233 3.1
Total 38683 12504 11114 88.9 24814 64.1

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KUIVANIEMI NIVALA PYHÄJÄRVI