UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:20

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Vaasa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1094 - - - --
25 976 232 23.8 160 16.4 69.0
302 1034 983 95.1 729 70.5 74.2
352 1043 1043 100.0 836 80.2 80.2
402 1099 1097 99.8 905 82.3 82.5
452 1213 1204 99.3 1005 82.9 83.5
502 1273 1271 99.8 1057 83.0 83.2
552 797 754 94.6 637 79.9 84.5
602 916 916 100.0 763 83.3 83.3
65 830 395 47.6 338 40.7 85.6
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7375 7268 98.5 5932 80.4 81.6
All ages   7895   6430   81.4
Risk group screening   509   400   78.6
Total 10275 8404 81.8 6830 66.5 81.3

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 17 municipalities:
JURVA KASKINEN KORSNÄS KRISTIINANKAUPUNKI LAIHIA LUOTO MAALAHTI
MAKSAMAA MUSTASAARI NÄRPIÖ ORAVAINEN PIETARSAARI PEDERSÖREN KUNTA UUSIKAARLEPYY
VAASA VÄHÄKYRÖ VÖYRI