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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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 4432 2460 2123 86.3 4271 96.4
55-592 3303 1406 1223 87.0 3300 99.9
60-64 3438 473 409 86.5 807 23.5
65-69 2987 - - - - -
Total 14160 4339 3755 86.5 8378 59.2

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 14 municipalities:
INARI KITTILÄ KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI POSIO RANUA
ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ PELLO UTSJOKI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ENONTEKIÖ KOLARI