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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2012. Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened and estimated coverage of the biannual programme by age groups.

Age group1 Target 2012 Biannual programme
  population
31.12.2011
Invited
n
Screened
n

% of invited
Invited in
2011 or 2012
Coverage
% of population
50-54 6388 3817 3291 86.2 6383 99.9
55-59 6957 2815 2447 86.9 6961 100.1
60-64 6705 4077 3452 84.7 6701 99.9
65-69 5637 236 194 82.2 1805 32.0
Total 25687 10945 9384 85.7 21850 85.1

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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