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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Keski-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 521 - - - --
25 370 29 7.8 13 3.5 44.8
302 439 439 100.0 312 71.1 71.1
352 529 531 100.4 417 78.8 78.5
402 496 492 99.2 389 78.4 79.1
452 587 585 99.7 473 80.6 80.9
502 637 635 99.7 516 81.0 81.3
552 408 404 99.0 348 85.3 86.1
602 381 155 40.7 125 32.8 80.6
65 360 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3477 3241 93.2 2580 74.2 79.6
All ages   3270   2593   79.3
Risk group screening   248   207   83.5
Total 4728 3518 74.4 2800 59.2 79.6

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 13 municipalities:
HALSUA HIMANKA KANNUS KAUSTINEN KOKKOLA KRUUNUPYY KÄLVIÄ
LESTIJÄRVI LOHTAJA PERHO TOHOLAMPI ULLAVA VETELI