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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Oulu region in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 18499 10779 9485 88.0 17915 96.8
55-592 14218 5355 4640 86.6 13224 93.0
60-64 14032 1710 1474 86.2 3724 26.5
65-69 13325 32 28 87.5 331 2.5
Total 60074 17876 15627 87.4 35194 58.6

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 77 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA ENONTEKIÖ HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HALSUA HAUKIPUDAS HIMANKA
HYRYNSALMI II INARI KAJAANI KALAJOKI KANNUS KAUSTINEN
KEMI KEMINMAA KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KITTILÄ KOKKOLA
KOLARI KRUUNUPYY KUHMO KUIVANIEMI KUUSAMO KÄLVIÄ KÄRSÄMÄKI
KEMIJÄRVI LESTIJÄRVI LIMINKA LOHTAJA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS
MUONIO OULAINEN PALTAMO PELKOSENNIEMI PERHO PIIPPOLA POSIO
PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PUOLANKA PYHÄNTÄ RANTSILA RANUA REISJÄRVI
RISTIJÄRVI ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SIEVI SIMO
SODANKYLÄ SOTKAMO SUOMUSSALMI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TEMMES TERVOLA
TOHOLAMPI TORNIO PELLO TYRNÄVÄ ULLAVA UTAJÄRVI UTSJOKI
VETELI VIHANTI VUOLIJOKI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLITORNIO YLIVIESKA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
HAILUOTO NIVALA OULU OULUNSALO PATTIJOKI PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI
RAAHE RUUKKI SIIKAJOKI