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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1307 - - - --
25 1042 349 33.5 251 24.1 71.9
302 1084 995 91.8 784 72.3 78.8
352 1290 1287 99.8 1069 82.9 83.1
402 1530 1522 99.5 1304 85.2 85.7
452 1393 1382 99.2 1189 85.4 86.0
502 1509 1501 99.5 1296 85.9 86.3
552 1264 1048 82.9 905 71.6 86.4
602 998 809 81.1 686 68.7 84.8
65 1069 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 9068 8544 94.2 7233 79.8 84.7
All ages   8893   7484   84.2
Risk group screening   791   679   85.8
Total 12486 9684 77.6 8163 65.4 84.3

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 27 municipalities:
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JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
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