UPDATED 08.12.2010 13:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2008.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.
Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2007
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 407 - - - --
25 359 33 9.2 19 5.3 57.6
302 307 306 99.7 157 51.1 51.3
352 264 265 100.4 150 56.8 56.6
402 386 384 99.5 249 64.5 64.8
452 451 453 100.4 338 74.9 74.6
502 468 470 100.4 357 76.3 76.0
552 567 570 100.5 435 76.7 76.3
602 559 519 92.8 385 68.9 74.2
65 331 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3002 2967 98.8 2071 69.0 69.8
All ages   3000   2090   69.7
Risk group screening   185   128   69.2
Total   3185   2218   69.6

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