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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa 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 1329 - - - --
25 907 286 31.5 177 19.5 61.9
302 1052 998 94.9 789 75.0 79.1
352 1300 1294 99.5 1075 82.7 83.1
402 1287 1283 99.7 1093 84.9 85.2
452 1352 1343 99.3 1168 86.4 87.0
502 1607 1596 99.3 1345 83.7 84.3
552 1016 860 84.6 754 74.2 87.7
602 1064 874 82.1 756 71.1 86.5
65 960 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 8678 8248 95.0 6980 80.4 84.6
All ages   8534   7157   83.9
Risk group screening   625   524   83.8
Total 11874 9159 77.1 7681 64.7 83.9

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 27 municipalities:
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JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
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