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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1998 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1997 or 1998
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2518 1490 1286 86.3 2457 97.6
55-592 1810 519 461 88.8 1450 80.1
60-64 1824 82 69 84.1 130 7.1
65-69 1750 - - - - -
Total 7902 2091 1816 86.8 4037 51.1

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO