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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso 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 6744 4003 3552 88.7 6733 99.8
55-59 7263 2982 2647 88.8 7287 100.3
60-64 7423 1716 1512 88.1 2851 38.4
65-69 5298 61 56 91.8 153 2.9
Total 26728 8762 7767 88.6 17024 63.7

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 12 municipalities:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VIROLAHTI