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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 762 460 406 88.3 664 87.1
55-592 804 323 294 91.0 800 99.5
60-64 704 47 26 55.3 195 27.7
65-69 734 - - - - -
Total 3004 830 726 87.5 1659 55.2

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 3 municipalities:
HAAPAJÄRVI KUUSAMO REISJÄRVI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI KEMPELE
KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI
MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO PATTIJOKI PIIPPOLA
PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE RANTSILA
RUUKKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TEMMES TYRNÄVÄ
UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA