UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala 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 1126 - - - --
25 899 46 5.1 32 3.6 69.6
302 717 714 99.6 454 63.3 63.6
352 913 911 99.8 581 63.6 63.8
402 1228 1226 99.8 878 71.5 71.6
452 1237 1237 100.0 912 73.7 73.7
502 1342 1341 99.9 1024 76.3 76.4
552 1381 1381 100.0 1050 76.0 76.0
602 963 964 100.1 723 75.1 75.0
65 933 52 5.6 47 5.0 90.4
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7781 7774 99.9 5622 72.3 72.3
All ages   7872   5701   72.4
Risk group screening   448   316   70.5
Total 10739 8320 77.5 6017 56.0 72.3

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 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ