UPDATED 20.02.2014 13:08

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2007.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2006
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 411 - - - --
25 339 25 7.4 14 4.1 56.0
302 300 298 99.3 175 58.3 58.7
352 279 277 99.3 173 62.0 62.5
402 342 342 100.0 240 70.2 70.2
452 465 465 100.0 347 74.6 74.6
502 533 531 99.6 396 74.3 74.6
552 566 565 99.8 432 76.3 76.5
602 544 511 93.9 385 70.8 75.3
65 277 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3029 2989 98.7 2148 70.9 71.9
All ages   3014   2162   71.7
Risk group screening   79   49   62.0
Total 4056 3093 76.3 2211 54.5 71.5

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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO