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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Oulu region in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1996 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1995 or 1996
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3090 1873 1685 90.0 2990 96.8
55-592 2812 1114 1009 90.6 2813 100.0
60-64 2590 367 304 82.8 963 37.2
65-69 2648 - - - 110 4.2
Total 11140 3354 2998 89.4 6876 61.7

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:
HAAPAJÄRVI HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY
KUUSAMO KÄLVIÄ LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO REISJÄRVI TOHOLAMPI
ULLAVA VETELI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ALAVIESKA ENONTEKIÖ HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS HYRYNSALMI II
INARI KAJAANI KALAJOKI KEMI KEMINMAA KEMPELE KESTILÄ
KIIMINKI KITTILÄ KOLARI KUHMO KUIVANIEMI KÄRSÄMÄKI KEMIJÄRVI
LIMINKA LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS MUONIO NIVALA OULAINEN
OULU OULUNSALO PALTAMO PATTIJOKI PELKOSENNIEMI PIIPPOLA POSIO
PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PUOLANKA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE
RANTSILA RANUA RISTIJÄRVI ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK RUUKKI SALLA
SAVUKOSKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI SIMO SODANKYLÄ SOTKAMO SUOMUSSALMI
VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TEMMES TERVOLA TORNIO PELLO TYRNÄVÄ
UTAJÄRVI UTSJOKI VIHANTI VUOLIJOKI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLITORNIO
YLIVIESKA