UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:17

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi 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            
20 829 - - - --
25 660 70 10.6 40 6.1 57.1
302 822 473 57.5 299 36.4 63.2
352 1022 765 74.9 515 50.4 67.3
402 1019 1017 99.8 730 71.6 71.8
452 915 838 91.6 625 68.3 74.6
502 1008 1010 100.2 754 74.8 74.7
552 901 760 84.4 594 65.9 78.2
602 682 528 77.4 425 62.3 80.5
65 717 21 2.9 18 2.5 85.7
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 6369 5391 84.6 3942 61.9 73.1
All ages   5482   4000   73.0
Risk group screening   421   324   77.0
Total 8575 5903 68.8 4324 50.4 73.3

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