UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:00

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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            
20 489 - - - --
25 457 - - - --
302 490 60 12.2 45 9.2 75.0
352 590 298 50.5 190 32.2 63.8
402 539 542 100.6 377 69.9 69.6
452 569 572 100.5 424 74.5 74.1
502 464 463 99.8 334 72.0 72.1
552 367 256 69.8 188 51.2 73.4
602 379 129 34.0 105 27.7 81.4
65 379 - - - --
Other ages   7   7   100.0
30-602 3398 2315 68.1 1658 48.8 71.6
All ages   2327   1670   71.8
Risk group screening   236   157   66.5
Total 4723 2563 54.3 1827 38.7 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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO