UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo 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 1651 - - - --
25 1278 12 0.9 8 0.6 66.7
302 1419 1310 92.3 735 51.8 56.1
352 1726 1718 99.5 1084 62.8 63.1
402 1882 1873 99.5 1282 68.1 68.4
452 1973 1964 99.5 1449 73.4 73.8
502 2060 2051 99.6 1533 74.4 74.7
552 1422 1354 95.2 1040 73.1 76.8
602 1486 1364 91.8 1068 71.9 78.3
65 1297 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 11968 11634 97.2 8191 68.4 70.4
All ages   11646   8199   70.4
Risk group screening   679   502   73.9
Total 16194 12325 76.1 8701 53.7 70.6

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 24 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VEHMERSALMI VESANTO VIEREMÄ