UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:00

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1277 - - - --
25 1205 1146 95.1 775 64.3 67.6
302 1279 1299 101.6 1005 78.6 77.4
352 1519 1524 100.3 1275 83.9 83.7
402 1393 1392 99.9 1177 84.5 84.6
452 1501 1503 100.1 1279 85.2 85.1
502 1278 1279 100.1 1090 85.3 85.2
552 996 383 38.5 325 32.6 84.9
602 1086 333 30.7 277 25.5 83.2
65 1168 - - - --
Other ages   94   64   68.1
30-602 9052 7685 84.9 6400 70.7 83.3
All ages   8953   7267   81.2
Risk group screening   581   379   65.2
Total 12702 9534 75.1 7646 60.2 80.2

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
TEUVA TÖYSÄ VIMPELI YLIHÄRMÄ YLISTARO ÄHTÄRI