UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:24

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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            
20 829 - - - --
25 577 48 8.3 28 4.9 58.3
302 743 411 55.3 236 31.8 57.4
352 940 675 71.8 426 45.3 63.1
402 1024 1014 99.0 735 71.8 72.5
452 945 871 92.2 647 68.5 74.3
502 960 961 100.1 764 79.6 79.5
552 641 545 85.0 416 64.9 76.3
602 749 584 78.0 476 63.6 81.5
65 595 23 3.9 17 2.9 73.9
Other ages   141   -   0.0
30-602 6002 5061 84.3 3700 61.6 73.1
All ages   5273   3745   71.0
Risk group screening   475   380   80.0
Total 8003 5748 71.8 4125 51.5 71.8

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMEN MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
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