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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 6539 3757 3318 88.3 6266 95.8
55-592 4726 1420 1239 87.3 4569 96.7
60-64 4498 677 576 85.1 1999 44.4
65-69 4081 110 99 90.0 110 2.7
Total 19844 5964 5232 87.7 12944 65.2

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

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