UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1031 - - - --
25 857 - - - --
302 884 764 86.4 483 54.6 63.2
352 1067 1057 99.1 723 67.8 68.4
402 1299 1287 99.1 972 74.8 75.5
452 1416 1410 99.6 1047 73.9 74.3
502 1348 1337 99.2 979 72.6 73.2
552 973 971 99.8 698 71.7 71.9
602 972 767 78.9 579 59.6 75.5
65 968 47 4.9 40 4.1 85.1
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7959 7593 95.4 5481 68.9 72.2
All ages   7640   5521   72.3
Risk group screening   608   458   75.3
Total 10815 8248 76.3 5979 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).

Tabulation is based on registration from 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ