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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 6647 4033 3540 87.8 6650 100.0
55-59 7102 2739 2438 89.0 7106 100.1
60-64 7729 3190 2814 88.2 4863 62.9
65-69 5316 61 48 78.7 165 3.1
Total 26794 10023 8840 88.2 18784 70.1

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 7 municipalities:
HAMINA KOTKA KOUVOLA MIEHIKKÄLÄ PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ VIROLAHTI