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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 491 - - - --
25 352 - - - --
302 378 161 42.6 70 18.5 43.5
352 486 386 79.4 225 46.3 58.3
402 570 566 99.3 386 67.7 68.2
452 593 585 98.7 420 70.8 71.8
502 550 548 99.6 389 70.7 71.0
552 299 202 67.6 158 52.8 78.2
602 401 150 37.4 133 33.2 88.7
65 322 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3277 2598 79.3 1781 54.3 68.6
All ages   2598   1781   68.6
Risk group screening   282   190   67.4
Total 4442 2880 64.8 1971 44.4 68.4

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO