UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:00

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1991.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1990
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 768 - - - --
25 902 119 13.2 62 6.9 52.1
302 1048 814 77.7 505 48.2 62.0
352 1022 949 92.9 638 62.4 67.2
402 931 923 99.1 687 73.8 74.4
452 1021 958 93.8 706 69.1 73.7
502 923 921 99.8 704 76.3 76.4
552 702 476 67.8 380 54.1 79.8
602 764 475 62.2 361 47.3 76.0
65 596 26 4.4 22 3.7 84.6
Other ages   68   68   100.0
30-602 6411 5505 85.9 3970 61.9 72.1
All ages   5729   4133   72.1
Risk group screening   435   265   60.9
Total 8677 6164 71.0 4398 50.7 71.3

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
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