UPDATED 20.02.2014 13:16

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2009.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2008
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 430 - - - --
25 330 16 4.8 5 1.5 31.3
302 288 293 101.7 171 59.4 58.4
352 295 293 99.3 188 63.7 64.2
402 327 326 99.7 217 66.4 66.6
452 390 389 99.7 275 70.5 70.7
502 496 497 100.2 365 73.6 73.4
552 558 560 100.4 430 77.1 76.8
602 515 477 92.6 368 71.5 77.1
65 306 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 2869 2835 98.8 2014 70.2 71.0
All ages   2851   2019   70.8
Risk group screening   56   36   64.3
Total 3935 2907 73.9 2055 52.2 70.7

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation year and the birth year.
2 Age groups targeted in the governmental decree on screening (2006).

Tabulation is based on registration from 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO