UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:24

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 1998. Numbers of women
in the target population, and invited and screened. Information registered from 428 municipalities (out of 452).

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 28406 855 3.0 3411.2 39.9
25 24308 7949 32.7 471719.4 59.3
302 30305 22759 75.1 1429347.2 62.8
352 33190 30456 91.8 2086962.9 68.5
402 32244 31628 98.1 2332272.3 73.7
452 34728 32692 94.1 2464471.0 75.4
502 38648 38006 98.3 2959776.6 77.9
552 26244 24313 92.6 1919973.2 79.0
602 25312 19751 78.0 1554661.4 78.7
65 20983 3256 15.5 252312.0 77.5
Other ages   1862   1063   57.1
30-602 220671 199600 90.5 147469 66.8 73.9
All ages   213527   156114   73.1
Risk group
screening
  17561   13231   75.3
Total 294368 231088 78.5 169345 57.5 73.3

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).