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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala 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            
20 993 - - - --
25 845 - - - --
302 1019 803 78.8 460 45.1 57.3
352 1145 1141 99.7 754 65.9 66.1
402 1305 1299 99.5 931 71.3 71.7
452 1204 1194 99.2 853 70.8 71.4
502 1167 1155 99.0 861 73.8 74.5
552 1109 1110 100.1 846 76.3 76.2
602 908 804 88.5 616 67.8 76.6
65 855 58 6.8 45 5.3 77.6
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7857 7506 95.5 5321 67.7 70.9
All ages   7564   5366   70.9
Risk group screening   376   282   75.0
Total 10550 7940 75.3 5648 53.5 71.1

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 17 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KONTIOLAHTI
OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ TOHMAJÄRVI
TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KITEE RÄÄKKYLÄ