UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:20

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1277 - - - --
25 909 304 33.4 187 20.6 61.5
302 1209 1120 92.6 892 73.8 79.6
352 1272 1261 99.1 1039 81.7 82.4
402 1315 1302 99.0 1126 85.6 86.5
452 1450 1439 99.2 1235 85.2 85.8
502 1518 1513 99.7 1315 86.6 86.9
552 791 660 83.4 578 73.1 87.6
602 1015 854 84.1 720 70.9 84.3
65 1092 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 8570 8149 95.1 6905 80.6 84.7
All ages   8453   7092   83.9
Risk group screening   706   577   81.7
Total 11848 9159 77.3 7669 64.7 83.7

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 27 municipalities:
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JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
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