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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa 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 10789 5346 4717 88.2 9764 90.5
55-592 8013 3436 3092 90.0 7783 97.1
60-64 7497 1121 809 72.2 1798 24.0
65-69 6469 - - - 110 1.7
Total 32768 9903 8618 87.0 19455 59.4

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:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI
KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA LUMIJOKI
MERIJÄRVI MUHOS OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI
PULKKILA PYHÄNTÄ RANTSILA REISJÄRVI SIEVI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI
TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KUIVANIEMI NIVALA PATTIJOKI PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI RAAHE RUUKKI
SIIKAJOKI