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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa 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 3092 1836 1645 89.6 3040 98.3
55-592 2294 858 780 90.9 2258 98.4
60-64 1986 280 258 92.1 502 25.3
65-69 1842 184 162 88.0 498 27.0
Total 9214 3158 2845 90.1 6298 68.4

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