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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaan 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 18106 10935 9584 87.6 18067 99.8
55-592 14567 5860 5216 89.0 14524 99.7
60-64 12478 2236 1976 88.4 3929 31.5
65-69 11023 77 63 81.8 209 1.9
Total 56174 19108 16839 88.1 36729 65.4

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