UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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            
20 446 - - - --
25 344 - - - --
302 327 159 48.6 90 27.5 56.6
352 392 336 85.7 193 49.2 57.4
402 513 512 99.8 351 68.4 68.6
452 593 590 99.5 439 74.0 74.4
502 556 558 100.4 388 69.8 69.5
552 340 223 65.6 175 51.5 78.5
602 384 121 31.5 102 26.6 84.3
65 358 35 9.8 28 7.8 80.0
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3105 2499 80.5 1738 56.0 69.5
All ages   2534   1766   69.7
Risk group screening   163   126   77.3
Total 4253 2697 63.4 1892 44.5 70.2

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