UPDATED 08.12.2010 13:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2008. Numbers of women
in the target population, and invited and screened. Information registered from 399 municipalities (out of 415).

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2007
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 29491 293 1.0 990.3 33.8
25 30891 9756 31.6 493616.0 50.6
302 29657 29153 98.3 1621254.7 55.6
352 25859 25588 99.0 1551860.0 60.6
402 32395 32129 99.2 2151566.4 67.0
452 35221 34878 99.0 2455769.7 70.4
502 33766 33547 99.4 2473273.2 73.7
552 35979 35761 99.4 2695574.9 75.4
602 39336 38793 98.6 3009676.5 77.6
65 26263 4095 15.6 306611.7 74.9
Other ages   1062   766   72.1
30-602 232213 229849 99.0 159585 68.7 69.4
All ages   245055   168452   68.7
Risk group
screening
  19073   13454   70.5
Total   264128   181906   68.9

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).