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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2008. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2008 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2007
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2007 or 2008
Coverage
% of population
50-54 2254 1335 1155 86.5 2250 99.8
55-59 2457 1013 857 84.6 2458 100.0
60-64 2455 509 440 86.4 1062 43.3
65-69 1815 - - - - -
Total 8981 2857 2452 85.8 5770 64.2

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.

Tabulation is based on registration from 9 municipalities:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KERIMÄKI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU RANTASALMI SAVONLINNA
SAVONRANTA SULKAVA