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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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 4838 2906 2547 87.6 4827 99.8
55-59 4622 1792 1556 86.8 4613 99.8
60-64 4287 2108 1828 86.7 3485 81.3
65-69 3096 308 259 84.1 634 20.5
Total 16843 7114 6190 87.0 13559 80.5

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 15 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ PELLO
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