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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 993 - - - --
25 737 - - - --
302 883 719 81.4 423 47.9 58.8
352 1134 1125 99.2 764 67.4 67.9
402 1164 1159 99.6 838 72.0 72.3
452 1254 1253 99.9 930 74.2 74.2
502 1298 1299 100.1 1009 77.7 77.7
552 888 885 99.7 673 75.8 76.0
602 888 793 89.3 591 66.6 74.5
65 763 28 3.7 22 2.9 78.6
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7509 7233 96.3 5228 69.6 72.3
All ages   7261   5250   72.3
Risk group screening   604   477   79.0
Total 10002 7865 78.6 5727 57.3 72.8

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 KIIHTELYSVAARA KONTIOLAHTI
OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ TOHMAJÄRVI
TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
KITEE RÄÄKKYLÄ