UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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            
20 470 - - - --
25 335 14 4.2 7 2.1 50.0
302 254 212 83.5 101 39.8 47.6
352 384 385 100.3 251 65.4 65.2
402 459 457 99.6 318 69.3 69.6
452 477 477 100.0 348 73.0 73.0
502 582 578 99.3 437 75.1 75.6
552 574 575 100.2 436 76.0 75.8
602 335 335 100.0 262 78.2 78.2
65 356 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3065 3019 98.5 2153 70.2 71.3
All ages   3033   2160   71.2
Risk group screening   160   115   71.9
Total 4226 3193 75.6 2275 53.8 71.2

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO