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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 482 - - - --
25 354 - - - --
302 396 187 47.2 88 22.2 47.1
352 459 400 87.1 250 54.5 62.5
402 490 488 99.6 334 68.2 68.4
452 589 585 99.3 417 70.8 71.3
502 593 592 99.8 425 71.7 71.8
552 354 216 61.0 183 51.7 84.7
602 377 122 32.4 100 26.5 82.0
65 311 47 15.1 40 12.9 85.1
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3258 2590 79.5 1797 55.2 69.4
All ages   2637   1837   69.7
Risk group screening   224   168   75.0
Total 4405 2861 64.9 2005 45.5 70.1

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO