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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-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 9570 5728 5046 88.1 9571 100.0
55-59 9611 3851 3401 88.3 9621 100.1
60-64 8779 2924 2556 87.4 4836 55.1
65-69 6594 357 279 78.2 357 5.4
Total 34554 12860 11282 87.7 24385 70.6

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 23 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VESANTO VIEREMÄ