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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 1991 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1990 or 1991
Coverage
% of population
50-542 12834 8722 7666 87.9 12633 98.4
55-592 11526 4231 1921 45.4 11460 99.4
60-64 12650 3471 3034 87.4 4673 36.9
65-69 12287 1 1 100.0 1 -
Total 49297 16425 12622 76.8 28767 58.4

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 35 municipalities:
HÄMEENKYRÖ IKAALINEN JUUPAJOKI KANGASALA KIHNIÖ KIIKOINEN KUHMALAHTI
KUOREVESI KURU KYLMÄKOSKI LEMPÄÄLÄ LUOPIOINEN LÄNGELMÄKI MOUHIJÄRVI
MÄNTTÄ NOKIA ORIVESI PARKANO PIRKKALA PÄLKÄNE RUOVESI
SAHALAHTI SUODENNIEMI TAMPERE TOIJALA URJALA VALKEAKOSKI VAMMALA
VESILAHTI VIIALA VILJAKKALA VILPPULA VIRRAT YLÖJÄRVI ÄETSÄ