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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 7813 4540 3902 85.9 7659 98.0
55-59 8927 3849 3326 86.4 8911 99.8
60-64 8772 3183 2750 86.4 5718 65.2
65-69 6261 901 766 85.0 1525 24.4
Total 31773 12473 10744 86.1 23813 74.9

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 15 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI MYRSKYLÄ NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI PUKKILA
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