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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2000 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
1999 or 2000
Coverage
% of population
50-542 2629 1570 1352 86.1 2621 99.7
55-592 1749 498 440 88.4 1659 94.9
60-64 1707 128 113 88.3 440 25.8
65-69 1559 - - - - -
Total 7644 2196 1905 86.7 4720 61.7

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 5 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SIMO