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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1714 - - - --
25 1258 85 6.8 49 3.9 57.6
302 1127 1128 100.1 632 56.1 56.0
352 1495 1470 98.3 897 60.0 61.0
402 1737 1728 99.5 1161 66.8 67.2
452 1828 1804 98.7 1283 70.2 71.1
502 1896 1875 98.9 1424 75.1 75.9
552 1946 1924 98.9 1422 73.1 73.9
602 1308 1267 96.9 985 75.3 77.7
65 1430 33 2.3 25 1.7 75.8
Other ages   89   64   71.9
30-602 11337 11196 98.8 7804 68.8 69.7
All ages   11403   7942   69.6
Risk group screening   729   517   70.9
Total 15739 12132 77.1 8459 53.7 69.7

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 24 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VEHMERSALMI VESANTO VIEREMÄ