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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme 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 6349 3771 3239 85.9 6319 99.5
55-59 6615 2562 2218 86.6 6580 99.5
60-64 6395 2552 2195 86.0 4456 69.7
65-69 4619 433 370 85.5 1593 34.5
Total 23978 9318 8022 86.1 18948 79.0

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ