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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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 2564 1557 1335 85.7 2576 100.5
55-59 2691 1061 908 85.6 2708 100.6
60-64 2569 1060 915 86.3 1618 63.0
65-69 1634 - - - - -
Total 9458 3678 3158 85.9 6902 73.0

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO