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Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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 2474 1456 1281 88.0 2481 100.3
55-59 2709 1116 971 87.0 2704 99.8
60-64 2646 1070 925 86.4 2130 80.5
65-69 1746 - - - - -
Total 9575 3642 3177 87.2 7315 76.4

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

Tabulation is based on registration from 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO