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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala 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 6786 4126 3686 89.3 6775 99.8
55-59 6757 2631 2330 88.6 6777 100.3
60-64 6565 2861 2537 88.7 4649 70.8
65-69 4691 479 418 87.3 715 15.2
Total 24799 10097 8971 88.8 18916 76.3

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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