UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Lappi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2003.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2002
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 761 - - - --
25 566 62 11.0 31 5.5 50.0
302 482 395 82.0 213 44.2 53.9
352 665 622 93.5 390 58.6 62.7
402 886 889 100.3 586 66.1 65.9
452 974 916 94.0 672 69.0 73.4
502 918 921 100.3 685 74.6 74.4
552 939 797 84.9 619 65.9 77.7
602 624 522 83.7 413 66.2 79.1
65 725 23 3.2 19 2.6 82.6
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 5488 5062 92.2 3578 65.2 70.7
All ages   5147   3628   70.5
Risk group screening   257   200   77.8
Total 7540 5404 71.7 3828 50.8 70.8

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 16 municipalities:
ENONTEKIÖ INARI KITTILÄ KOLARI KEMIJÄRVI MUONIO PELKOSENNIEMI
POSIO RANUA ROVANIEMI ROVANIEMI MLK SALLA SAVUKOSKI SODANKYLÄ
PELLO UTSJOKI