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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Ahvenanmaa 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            
20 145 134 92.4 77 53.1 57.5
25 153 151 98.7 74 48.4 49.0
302 213 210 98.6 110 51.6 52.4
352 164 162 98.8 89 54.3 54.9
402 202 200 99.0 129 63.9 64.5
452 221 221 100.0 158 71.5 71.5
502 200 197 98.5 136 68.0 69.0
552 141 141 100.0 101 71.6 71.6
602 124 - - - --
65 104 - - - --
Other ages   14   5   35.7
30-602 1265 1131 89.4 723 57.2 63.9
All ages   1430   879   61.5
Risk group screening   45   24   53.3
Total 1667 1475 88.5 903 54.2 61.2

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 16 municipalities:
BRÄNDÖ ECKERÖ FINSTRÖM FÖGLÖ GETA HAMMARLAND JOMALA
KUMLINGE KÖKAR LEMLAND LUMPARLAND MAARIANHAMINA SALTVIK SOTTUNGA
SUND VÅRDÖ