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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaa 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 10532 6078 5470 90.0 10442 99.1
55-592 7187 4229 3791 89.6 7038 97.9
60-64 7032 340 302 88.8 2931 41.7
65-69 6420 62 54 87.1 145 2.3
Total 31171 10709 9617 89.8 20556 65.9

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
TAMPERE