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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaa 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 7269 2818 2541 90.2 7274 100.1
55-592 7103 4499 4016 89.3 7039 99.1
60-64 6687 1334 1194 89.5 2607 39.0
65-69 7330 - - - 565 7.7
Total 28389 8651 7751 89.6 17485 61.6

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
TAMPERE