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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kainuu health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2001 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2000 or 2001
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3396 2011 1780 88.5 3400 100.1
55-592 2548 1032 923 89.4 2538 99.6
60-64 2555 434 387 89.2 707 27.7
65-69 2317 - - - - -
Total 10816 3477 3090 88.9 6645 61.4

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 9 municipalities:
HYRYNSALMI KAJAANI KUHMO PALTAMO PUOLANKA RISTIJÄRVI SOTKAMO
SUOMUSSALMI VUOLIJOKI