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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo 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 9465 5702 5091 89.3 9495 100.3
55-59 9519 3740 3322 88.8 9516 100.0
60-64 9401 4657 4155 89.2 7453 79.3
65-69 6529 284 251 88.4 630 9.6
Total 34914 14383 12819 89.1 27094 77.6

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 23 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VESANTO VIEREMÄ