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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Satakunta 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 8228 4874 4372 89.7 8124 98.7
55-59 9188 3880 3501 90.2 9189 100.0
60-64 9068 2742 2449 89.3 5418 59.7
65-69 6590 59 51 86.4 467 7.1
Total 33074 11555 10373 89.8 23198 70.1

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 23 municipalities:
EURA EURAJOKI HARJAVALTA HONKAJOKI HUITTINEN JÄMIJÄRVI KANKAANPÄÄ
KARVIA KIUKAINEN KOKEMÄKI KÖYLIÖ LAPPI LAVIA LUVIA
MERIKARVIA NAKKILA NOORMARKKU POMARKKU PORI RAUMA SIIKAINEN
SÄKYLÄ ULVILA