UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa 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 1353 - - - --
25 979 220 22.5 146 14.9 66.4
302 1066 1042 97.7 804 75.4 77.2
352 1252 1248 99.7 995 79.5 79.7
402 1396 1388 99.4 1176 84.2 84.7
452 1514 1507 99.5 1291 85.3 85.7
502 1521 1508 99.1 1299 85.4 86.1
552 1006 936 93.0 796 79.1 85.0
602 1123 1001 89.1 861 76.7 86.0
65 1001 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 8878 8630 97.2 7222 81.3 83.7
All ages   8850   7368   83.3
Risk group screening   663   556   83.9
Total 12211 9513 77.9 7924 64.9 83.3

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 27 municipalities:
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JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
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