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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa 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 7030 4309 3810 88.4 7023 99.9
55-59 7102 2930 2549 87.0 7096 99.9
60-64 6801 2598 2314 89.1 4390 64.5
65-69 4965 309 255 82.5 790 15.9
Total 25898 10146 8928 88.0 19299 74.5

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