UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:58

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 462 - - - --
25 302 20 6.6 13 4.3 65.0
302 279 223 79.9 129 46.2 57.8
352 318 318 100.0 191 60.1 60.1
402 373 371 99.5 262 70.2 70.6
452 499 503 100.8 351 70.3 69.8
502 579 579 100.0 455 78.6 78.6
552 533 535 100.4 414 77.7 77.4
602 331 330 99.7 250 75.5 75.8
65 362 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 2912 2859 98.2 2052 70.5 71.8
All ages   2879   2065   71.7
Risk group screening   177   130   73.4
Total 4038 3056 75.7 2195 54.4 71.8

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