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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2011. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2011 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2010
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2010 or 2011
Coverage
% of population
50-54 6527 3945 3448 87.4 6522 99.9
55-59 6943 2781 2437 87.6 6955 100.2
60-64 6695 3961 3471 87.6 6703 100.1
65-69 5102 236 200 84.7 467 9.2
Total 25267 10923 9556 87.5 20647 81.7

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 15 municipalities:
HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KESÄLAHTI KITEE KONTIOLAHTI
OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI
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