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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Oulu region in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 19820 11401 10097 88.6 19343 97.6
55-592 13916 7937 7010 88.3 13311 95.7
60-64 14255 1412 1166 82.6 5282 37.1
65-69 13109 64 14 21.9 322 2.5
Total 61100 20814 18287 87.9 38258 62.6

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 77 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA ENONTEKIÖ HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HALSUA HAUKIPUDAS
HIMANKA HYRYNSALMI II INARI KAJAANI KALAJOKI KANNUS
KAUSTINEN KEMI KEMINMAA KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KITTILÄ
KOKKOLA KOLARI KRUUNUPYY KUHMO KUUSAMO KÄLVIÄ KÄRSÄMÄKI
KEMIJÄRVI LESTIJÄRVI LIMINKA LOHTAJA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS
MUONIO OULAINEN 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 TEMMES TERVOLA
TOHOLAMPI TORNIO PELLO TYRNÄVÄ ULLAVA UTAJÄRVI UTSJOKI
VETELI VIHANTI VUOLIJOKI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLITORNIO YLIVIESKA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KUIVANIEMI NIVALA OULU PATTIJOKI PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI RAAHE
RUUKKI SIIKAJOKI SIMO