UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:47

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 767 - - - --
25 632 55 8.7 31 4.9 56.4
302 513 300 58.5 153 29.8 51.0
352 756 563 74.5 348 46.0 61.8
402 977 976 99.9 698 71.4 71.5
452 969 904 93.3 638 65.8 70.6
502 908 903 99.4 680 74.9 75.3
552 983 801 81.5 613 62.4 76.5
602 879 736 83.7 554 63.0 75.3
65 657 25 3.8 20 3.0 80.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 5985 5183 86.6 3684 61.6 71.1
All ages   5263   3735   71.0
Risk group screening   278   214   77.0
Total 8041 5541 68.9 3949 49.1 71.3

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI