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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1653 - - - --
25 1404 3 0.2 1 0.1 33.3
302 1663 1453 87.4 782 47.0 53.8
352 1787 1705 95.4 1130 63.2 66.3
402 1976 1957 99.0 1400 70.9 71.5
452 1886 1861 98.7 1354 71.8 72.8
502 1933 1909 98.8 1471 76.1 77.1
552 1685 1448 85.9 1113 66.1 76.9
602 1320 1081 81.9 827 62.7 76.5
65 1366 - - - --
Other ages   71   60   84.5
30-602 12250 11414 93.2 8077 65.9 70.8
All ages   11488   8138   70.8
Risk group screening   585   459   78.5
Total 16673 12073 72.4 8597 51.6 71.2

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation year and the birth year.
2 Age groups targeted in the Decree on Public Health (1992).

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SONKAJÄRVI