UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:20

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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            
20 834 - - - --
25 644 62 9.6 36 5.6 58.1
302 814 472 58.0 289 35.5 61.2
352 942 694 73.7 445 47.2 64.1
402 1048 1044 99.6 753 71.9 72.1
452 952 880 92.4 678 71.2 77.0
502 989 988 99.9 757 76.5 76.6
552 570 479 84.0 379 66.5 79.1
602 731 561 76.7 433 59.2 77.2
65 632 22 3.5 14 2.2 63.6
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 6046 5118 84.7 3734 61.8 73.0
All ages   5202   3784   72.7
Risk group screening   514   401   78.0
Total 8156 5716 70.1 4185 51.3 73.2

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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