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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Vaasa 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 6237 3696 3345 90.5 6210 99.6
55-592 5169 2093 1912 91.4 5168 100.0
60-64 4496 1255 1144 91.2 2338 52.0
65-69 3926 77 68 88.3 621 15.8
Total 19828 7121 6469 90.8 14337 72.3

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 17 municipalities:
JURVA KASKINEN KORSNÄS KRISTIINANKAUPUNKI LAIHIA LUOTO MAALAHTI
MAKSAMAA MUSTASAARI NÄRPIÖ ORAVAINEN PIETARSAARI PEDERSÖREN KUNTA UUSIKAARLEPYY
VAASA VÄHÄKYRÖ VÖYRI