UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:11

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 491 - - - --
25 438 - - - --
302 409 176 43.0 90 22.0 51.1
352 516 420 81.4 265 51.4 63.1
402 612 606 99.0 423 69.1 69.8
452 576 577 100.2 406 70.5 70.4
502 344 345 100.3 250 72.7 72.5
552 384 222 57.8 179 46.6 80.6
602 364 123 33.8 99 27.2 80.5
65 396 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3205 2469 77.0 1712 53.4 69.3
All ages   2469   1712   69.3
Risk group screening   238   173   72.7
Total 4530 2707 59.8 1885 41.6 69.6

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO