UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:43

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 2000. Numbers of women
in the target population, and invited and screened. Information registered from 425 municipalities (out of 452).

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 27664 459 1.7 2520.9 54.9
25 27565 9429 34.2 507418.4 53.8
302 27198 22069 81.1 1324348.7 60.0
352 31562 30278 95.9 2006263.6 66.3
402 32707 32193 98.4 2327071.1 72.3
452 34492 32770 95.0 2432970.5 74.2
502 36188 35659 98.5 2741075.7 76.9
552 33133 31030 93.7 2421973.1 78.1
602 22043 17838 80.9 1413864.1 79.3
65 22705 3532 15.6 273312.0 77.4
Other ages   1550   1073   69.2
30-602 217323 201837 92.9 146671 67.5 72.7
All ages   216807   155803   71.9
Risk group
screening
  15623   11564   74.0
Total 295257 232430 78.7 167367 56.7 72.0

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).