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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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 2584 1521 1315 86.5 2566 99.3
55-592 1847 734 644 87.7 1752 94.9
60-64 1773 233 198 85.0 361 20.4
65-69 1542 - - - - -
Total 7746 2488 2157 86.7 4679 60.4

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 5 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SIMO