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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2009. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2009 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2008
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2008 or 2009
Coverage
% of population
50-54 6274 3812 3292 86.4 6270 99.9
55-59 6550 2662 2284 85.8 6531 99.7
60-64 6825 3331 2888 86.7 5423 79.5
65-69 4612 792 715 90.3 1685 36.5
Total 24261 10597 9179 86.6 19909 82.1

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 11 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA JOKIOINEN
LOPPI RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA YPÄJÄ