UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:20

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme 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 1378 - - - --
25 1153 723 62.7 417 36.2 57.7
302 1412 1268 89.8 808 57.2 63.7
352 1523 1354 88.9 964 63.3 71.2
402 1668 1506 90.3 1106 66.3 73.4
452 1958 1758 89.8 1377 70.3 78.3
502 2089 1880 90.0 1498 71.7 79.7
552 1115 1008 90.4 814 73.0 80.8
602 1351 1230 91.0 988 73.1 80.3
65 1137 102 9.0 69 6.1 67.6
Other ages   697   513   73.6
30-602 11116 10004 90.0 7555 68.0 75.5
All ages   11526   8554   74.2
Risk group screening   1030   785   76.2
Total 14784 12556 84.9 9339 63.2 74.4

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 13 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
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