UPDATED 20.02.2014 13:04

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 410 - - - --
25 353 39 11.0 23 6.5 59.0
302 302 268 88.7 154 51.0 57.5
352 342 342 100.0 205 59.9 59.9
402 402 401 99.8 273 67.9 68.1
452 495 496 100.2 343 69.3 69.2
502 559 557 99.6 425 76.0 76.3
552 496 493 99.4 383 77.2 77.7
602 542 505 93.2 385 71.0 76.2
65 426 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3138 3062 97.6 2168 69.1 70.8
All ages   3101   2191   70.7
Risk group screening   147   103   70.1
Total 4327 3248 75.1 2294 53.0 70.6

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO