UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 846 - - - --
25 617 54 8.8 34 5.5 63.0
302 640 389 60.8 204 31.9 52.4
352 883 645 73.0 370 41.9 57.4
402 958 944 98.5 664 69.3 70.3
452 1016 947 93.2 696 68.5 73.5
502 937 929 99.1 685 73.1 73.7
552 687 579 84.3 456 66.4 78.8
602 756 609 80.6 467 61.8 76.7
65 679 20 2.9 13 1.9 65.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 5877 5042 85.8 3542 60.3 70.2
All ages   5116   3589   70.2
Risk group screening   309   238   77.0
Total 8019 5425 67.7 3827 47.7 70.5

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