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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1084 - - - --
25 849 - - - --
302 943 749 79.4 449 47.6 59.9
352 1222 1218 99.7 851 69.6 69.9
402 1372 1365 99.5 993 72.4 72.7
452 1372 1367 99.6 1005 73.3 73.5
502 1372 1364 99.4 1034 75.4 75.8
552 762 760 99.7 584 76.6 76.8
602 917 829 90.4 618 67.4 74.5
65 962 50 5.2 46 4.8 92.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7960 7652 96.1 5534 69.5 72.3
All ages   7702   5580   72.4
Risk group screening   566   438   77.4
Total 10855 8268 76.2 6018 55.4 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 19 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KIIHTELYSVAARA KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI TUUPOVAARA VALTIMO VÄRTSILÄ