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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme 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            
20 957 - - - --
25 815 - - - --
302 1083 1075 99.3 654 60.4 60.8
352 1112 1103 99.2 721 64.8 65.4
402 1249 1242 99.4 941 75.3 75.8
452 1245 1239 99.5 942 75.7 76.0
502 1378 1372 99.6 1076 78.1 78.4
552 743 736 99.1 575 77.4 78.1
602 914 907 99.2 712 77.9 78.5
65 879 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7724 7674 99.4 5621 72.8 73.2
All ages   7674   5621   73.2
Risk group screening   965   733   76.0
Total 10375 8639 83.3 6354 61.2 73.6

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 16 municipalities:
FORSSA HATTULA HAUHO HAUSJÄRVI HUMPPILA HÄMEENLINNA JANAKKALA
JOKIOINEN KALVOLA LAMMI LOPPI RENKO RIIHIMÄKI TAMMELA
TUULOS YPÄJÄ