UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:47

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 478 - - - --
25 336 - - - --
302 350 149 42.6 87 24.9 58.4
352 408 407 99.8 284 69.6 69.8
402 508 506 99.6 353 69.5 69.8
452 572 571 99.8 407 71.2 71.3
502 514 512 99.6 377 73.3 73.6
552 557 369 66.2 282 50.6 76.4
602 431 144 33.4 127 29.5 88.2
65 346 25 7.2 21 6.1 84.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3340 2658 79.6 1917 57.4 72.1
All ages   2683   1938   72.2
Risk group screening   123   106   86.2
Total 4500 2806 62.4 2044 45.4 72.8

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO