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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1997 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1996 or 1997
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3992 2214 1895 85.6 3908 97.9
55-592 3614 1539 1166 75.8 3531 97.7
60-64 3375 529 449 84.9 990 29.3
65-69 3344 - - - 91 2.7
Total 14325 4282 3510 82.0 8520 59.5

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI