UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-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            
20 540 - - - --
25 495 8 1.6 3 0.6 37.5
302 532 458 86.1 278 52.3 60.7
352 607 605 99.7 425 70.0 70.2
402 694 689 99.3 530 76.4 76.9
452 755 749 99.2 593 78.5 79.2
502 789 785 99.5 616 78.1 78.5
552 590 589 99.8 461 78.1 78.3
602 599 596 99.5 486 81.1 81.5
65 525 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 4566 4471 97.9 3389 74.2 75.8
All ages   4479   3392   75.7
Risk group screening   307   241   78.5
Total 6126 4786 78.1 3633 59.3 75.9

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 8 municipalities:
JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI TAIPALSAARI
YLÄMAA

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
IMATRA SAVITAIPALE