UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:47

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2001. Numbers of women
in the target population, and invited and screened. Information registered from 423 municipalities (out of 448).

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 27733 313 1.1 1570.6 50.2
25 28003 9761 34.9 538219.2 55.1
302 26044 23077 88.6 1388253.3 60.2
352 31120 30247 97.2 1981563.7 65.5
402 32477 32019 98.6 2305771.0 72.0
452 34384 32645 94.9 2406870.0 73.7
502 34252 33746 98.5 2583975.4 76.6
552 36962 35577 96.3 2770775.0 77.9
602 30141 25609 85.0 2012866.8 78.6
65 22233 3370 15.2 264911.9 78.6
Other ages   1419   972   68.5
30-602 225380 212920 94.5 154496 68.5 72.6
All ages   227783   163656   71.8
Risk group
screening
  18130   13620   75.1
Total 303349 245913 81.1 177276 58.4 72.1

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).