UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:58

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2004.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2003
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1732 - - - --
25 1367 93 6.8 45 3.3 48.4
302 1167 1152 98.7 540 46.3 46.9
352 1382 1367 98.9 772 55.9 56.5
402 1685 1670 99.1 1058 62.8 63.4
452 1881 1873 99.6 1255 66.7 67.0
502 1948 1929 99.0 1402 72.0 72.7
552 2027 2014 99.4 1498 73.9 74.4
602 1392 1339 96.2 1028 73.9 76.8
65 1436 16 1.1 14 1.0 87.5
Other ages   109   89   81.7
30-602 11482 11344 98.8 7553 65.8 66.6
All ages   11562   7701   66.6
Risk group screening   700   475   67.9
Total 16017 12262 76.6 8176 51.0 66.7

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 24 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VEHMERSALMI VESANTO VIEREMÄ