UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:51

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1590 - - - --
25 1407 80 5.7 50 3.6 62.5
302 1132 1121 99.0 616 54.4 55.0
352 1616 1600 99.0 993 61.4 62.1
402 1822 1814 99.6 1268 69.6 69.9
452 1921 1908 99.3 1361 70.8 71.3
502 2018 2001 99.2 1519 75.3 75.9
552 1927 1906 98.9 1440 74.7 75.6
602 1124 1061 94.4 827 73.6 77.9
65 1331 22 1.7 21 1.6 95.5
Other ages   100   63   63.0
30-602 11560 11411 98.7 8024 69.4 70.3
All ages   11613   8158   70.2
Risk group screening   612   434   70.9
Total 15888 12225 76.9 8592 54.1 70.3

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