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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1999 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1998 or 1999
Coverage
% of population
50-542 3064 1819 1654 90.9 3060 99.9
55-592 2076 980 890 90.8 1769 85.2
60-64 1908 274 187 68.2 910 47.7
65-69 1795 64 14 21.9 172 9.6
Total 8843 3137 2745 87.5 5911 66.8

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 13 municipalities:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI