UPDATED 20.02.2014 13:04

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2006.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2005
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1022 - - - --
25 934 43 4.6 24 2.6 55.8
302 786 791 100.6 421 53.6 53.2
352 804 802 99.8 516 64.2 64.3
402 1051 1052 100.1 743 70.7 70.6
452 1252 1252 100.0 902 72.0 72.0
502 1411 1409 99.9 1084 76.8 76.9
552 1300 1295 99.6 1000 76.9 77.2
602 1234 1239 100.4 945 76.6 76.3
65 1166 54 4.6 45 3.9 83.3
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7838 7840 100.0 5611 71.6 71.6
All ages   7937   5680   71.6
Risk group screening   472   308   65.3
Total 10960 8409 76.7 5988 54.6 71.2

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 17 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KESÄLAHTI KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
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