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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1995.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1994
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1360 - - - --
25 1393 103 7.4 70 5.0 68.0
302 1472 573 38.9 351 23.8 61.3
352 1629 1512 92.8 1023 62.8 67.7
402 1725 1706 98.9 1260 73.0 73.9
452 1742 1570 90.1 1131 64.9 72.0
502 1493 859 57.5 657 44.0 76.5
552 1092 408 37.4 312 28.6 76.5
602 1281 677 52.8 527 41.1 77.8
65 1334 - - - --
Other ages   65   47   72.3
30-602 10434 7305 70.0 5261 50.4 72.0
All ages   7473   5378   72.0
Risk group screening   567   414   73.0
Total 14521 8040 55.4 5792 39.9 72.0

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

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
SONKAJÄRVI VARKAUS