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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1560 - - - --
25 1255 25 2.0 16 1.3 64.0
302 1481 1225 82.7 664 44.8 54.2
352 1763 1663 94.3 1026 58.2 61.7
402 1860 1836 98.7 1345 72.3 73.3
452 1933 1906 98.6 1427 73.8 74.9
502 1994 1966 98.6 1457 73.1 74.1
552 1325 1252 94.5 955 72.1 76.3
602 1461 1316 90.1 1013 69.3 77.0
65 1245 - - - --
Other ages   65   43   66.2
30-602 11817 11164 94.5 7887 66.7 70.6
All ages   11254   7946   70.6
Risk group screening   513   392   76.4
Total 15877 11767 74.1 8338 52.5 70.9

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 24 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VEHMERSALMI VESANTO VIEREMÄ