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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1699 - - - --
25 1338 25 1.9 16 1.2 64.0
302 1654 1428 86.3 822 49.7 57.6
352 1883 1773 94.2 1123 59.6 63.3
402 1949 1935 99.3 1385 71.1 71.6
452 2029 1999 98.5 1440 71.0 72.0
502 1954 1927 98.6 1472 75.3 76.4
552 1136 971 85.5 751 66.1 77.3
602 1345 1112 82.7 865 64.3 77.8
65 1389 - - - --
Other ages   71   48   67.6
30-602 11950 11145 93.3 7858 65.8 70.5
All ages   11241   7922   70.5
Risk group screening   723   517   71.5
Total 16376 11964 73.1 8439 51.5 70.5

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