UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Kymenlaakso health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1044 - - - --
25 936 20 2.1 12 1.3 60.0
302 1011 1000 98.9 692 68.4 69.2
352 1190 1193 100.3 872 73.3 73.1
402 1294 1291 99.8 1056 81.6 81.8
452 1411 1398 99.1 1171 83.0 83.8
502 1585 1568 98.9 1343 84.7 85.7
552 1202 1193 99.3 1020 84.9 85.5
602 1174 890 75.8 761 64.8 85.5
65 973 47 4.8 35 3.6 74.5
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 8867 8533 96.2 6915 78.0 81.0
All ages   8600   6962   81.0
Risk group screening   897   729   81.3
Total 11820 9497 80.3 7691 65.1 81.0

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:
ELIMÄKI HAMINA JAALA KOTKA KOUVOLA KUUSANKOSKI MIEHIKKÄLÄ
PYHTÄÄ RUOTSINPYHTÄÄ ANJALANKOSKI VALKEALA VEHKALAHTI VIROLAHTI