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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 490 - - - --
25 399 - - - --
302 418 198 47.4 100 23.9 50.5
352 509 409 80.4 244 47.9 59.7
402 583 583 100.0 401 68.8 68.8
452 522 523 100.2 378 72.4 72.3
502 564 562 99.6 403 71.5 71.7
552 456 298 65.4 232 50.9 77.9
602 353 110 31.2 94 26.6 85.5
65 367 1 0.3 - - 0.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3405 2683 78.8 1852 54.4 69.0
All ages   2684   1852   69.0
Risk group screening   244   160   65.6
Total 4661 2928 62.8 2012 43.2 68.7

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