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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa 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 13243 7859 6893 87.7 13225 99.9
55-59 12870 5309 4682 88.2 12881 100.1
60-64 11258 2581 2275 88.1 5129 45.6
65-69 8430 32 31 96.9 113 1.3
Total 45801 15781 13881 88.0 31348 68.4

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 39 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI
KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA LUMIJOKI
MERIJÄRVI MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO PIIPPOLA
PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE RANTSILA
REISJÄRVI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI
VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA