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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaan health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 18510 11042 9857 89.3 15218 82.2
55-592 13770 4923 4395 89.3 9894 71.9
60-64 11999 1696 1453 85.7 3187 26.6
65-69 11145 132 116 87.9 194 1.7
Total 55424 17793 15821 88.9 28493 51.4

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 35 municipalities:
HÄMEENKYRÖ IKAALINEN JUUPAJOKI KANGASALA KIHNIÖ KIIKOINEN KUHMALAHTI
KUOREVESI KURU KYLMÄKOSKI LEMPÄÄLÄ LUOPIOINEN LÄNGELMÄKI MOUHIJÄRVI
MÄNTTÄ NOKIA ORIVESI PARKANO PIRKKALA PÄLKÄNE RUOVESI
SAHALAHTI SUODENNIEMI TAMPERE TOIJALA URJALA VALKEAKOSKI VAMMALA
VESILAHTI VIIALA VILJAKKALA VILPPULA VIRRAT YLÖJÄRVI ÄETSÄ