UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:20

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 1997. Numbers of women
in the target population, and invited and screened. Information registered from 433 municipalities (out of 452).

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 29250 951 3.3 4221.4 44.4
25 25732 7866 30.6 465518.1 59.2
302 31906 23191 72.7 1453345.5 62.7
352 33525 29880 89.1 2023060.3 67.7
402 34447 33001 95.8 2405669.8 72.9
452 37035 33899 91.5 2513767.9 74.2
502 39288 37579 95.7 2894373.7 77.0
552 21679 19466 89.8 1518270.0 78.0
602 24572 18547 75.5 1455559.2 78.5
65 22967 3460 15.1 267411.6 77.3
Other ages   2386   1700   71.2
30-602 222452 195563 87.9 142636 64.1 72.9
All ages   210226   152087   72.3
Risk group
screening
  18896   14069   74.5
Total 300401 229122 76.3 166156 55.3 72.5

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).