UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:43

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 782 - - - --
25 602 60 10.0 33 5.5 55.0
302 634 391 61.7 200 31.5 51.2
352 863 645 74.7 402 46.6 62.3
402 999 997 99.8 689 69.0 69.1
452 1020 962 94.3 675 66.2 70.2
502 947 935 98.7 699 73.8 74.8
552 632 540 85.4 418 66.1 77.4
602 589 448 76.1 352 59.8 78.6
65 647 20 3.1 13 2.0 65.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 5684 4918 86.5 3435 60.4 69.8
All ages   4998   3481   69.6
Risk group screening   249   194   77.9
Total 7715 5247 68.0 3675 47.6 70.0

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:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI