UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa 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 2720 - - - --
25 2444 155 6.3 73 3.0 47.1
302 1958 817 41.7 446 22.8 54.6
352 2304 2191 95.1 1330 57.7 60.7
402 2558 2485 97.1 1722 67.3 69.3
452 2573 2502 97.2 1763 68.5 70.5
502 2602 2508 96.4 1858 71.4 74.1
552 2607 2542 97.5 1920 73.6 75.5
602 1818 1707 93.9 1276 70.2 74.8
65 1689 164 9.7 122 7.2 74.4
Other ages   367   262   71.4
30-602 16420 14752 89.8 10315 62.8 69.9
All ages   15438   10772   69.8
Risk group screening   381   276   72.4
Total 23273 15819 68.0 11048 47.5 69.8

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 41 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI
KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUIVANIEMI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA
LUMIJOKI MERIJÄRVI MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO
PIIPPOLA PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE
RANTSILA REISJÄRVI RUUKKI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI
TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA