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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2010. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2010 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2009
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2009 or 2010
Coverage
% of population
50-54 6687 3985 3537 88.8 6664 99.7
55-59 6835 2780 2434 87.6 6848 100.2
60-64 6660 2874 2544 88.5 5556 83.4
65-69 5059 103 91 88.3 624 12.3
Total 25241 9742 8606 88.3 19692 78.0

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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