UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 1305 - - - --
25 1120 859 76.7 520 46.4 60.5
302 964 965 100.1 592 61.4 61.3
352 1337 1338 100.1 938 70.2 70.1
402 1434 1431 99.8 1041 72.6 72.7
452 1419 1417 99.9 1102 77.7 77.8
502 1601 1598 99.8 1271 79.4 79.5
552 1918 1917 99.9 1570 81.9 81.9
602 1264 1261 99.8 1046 82.8 83.0
65 1245 142 11.4 110 8.8 77.5
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 9937 9927 99.9 7560 76.1 76.2
All ages   10928   8190   74.9
Risk group screening   1211   926   76.5
Total 13607 12139 89.2 9116 67.0 75.1

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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ