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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 996 - - - --
25 758 6 0.8 3 0.4 50.0
302 1022 1021 99.9 619 60.6 60.6
352 1167 1153 98.8 777 66.6 67.4
402 1169 1159 99.1 858 73.4 74.0
452 1271 1264 99.4 948 74.6 75.0
502 1432 1428 99.7 1125 78.6 78.8
552 958 950 99.2 763 79.6 80.3
602 936 930 99.4 752 80.3 80.9
65 742 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7955 7905 99.4 5842 73.4 73.9
All ages   7911   5845   73.9
Risk group screening   928   712   76.7
Total 10451 8839 84.6 6557 62.7 74.2

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ