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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa 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 7049 4050 3581 88.4 6915 98.1
55-59 7273 2649 2321 87.6 7160 98.4
60-64 7485 3736 3308 88.5 6200 82.8
65-69 4967 455 406 89.2 955 19.2
Total 26774 10890 9616 88.3 21230 79.3

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 20 municipalities:
ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ JALASJÄRVI
KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KUORTANE KURIKKA LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA
SEINÄJOKI SOINI TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI ÄHTÄRI