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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1993.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1992
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 452 - - - --
25 471 - - - --
302 447 31 6.9 20 4.5 64.5
352 496 222 44.8 163 32.9 73.4
402 596 595 99.8 422 70.8 70.9
452 595 593 99.7 422 70.9 71.2
502 356 355 99.7 268 75.3 75.5
552 390 232 59.5 179 45.9 77.2
602 320 118 36.9 100 31.3 84.7
65 376 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3200 2146 67.1 1574 49.2 73.3
All ages   2146   1574   73.3
Risk group screening   0     
Total 4499 2146 47.7 1574 35.0 73.3

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