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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2007. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2007 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2006
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2006 or 2007
Coverage
% of population
50-54 7089 4064 3612 88.9 7076 99.8
55-59 7356 2864 2542 88.8 7311 99.4
60-64 6241 1969 1759 89.3 3422 54.8
65-69 4999 312 277 88.8 1082 21.6
Total 25685 9209 8190 88.9 18891 73.5

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 26 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA
TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO ÄHTÄRI