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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1994 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1993 or 1994
Coverage
% of population
50-542 1032 383 338 88.3 1033 100.1
55-592 1023 604 539 89.2 1024 100.1
60-64 1002 37 34 91.9 247 24.7
65-69 1019 - - - 231 22.7
Total 4076 1024 911 89.0 2535 62.2

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 4 municipalities:
KEMINMAA TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KEMI SIMO