UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:17

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1996.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1291 - - - --
25 1099 773 70.3 443 40.3 57.3
302 1326 1084 81.7 648 48.9 59.8
352 1364 1262 92.5 861 63.1 68.2
402 1566 1446 92.3 1088 69.5 75.2
452 1724 1587 92.1 1239 71.9 78.1
502 1855 1739 93.7 1389 74.9 79.9
552 1558 1479 94.9 1227 78.8 83.0
602 1107 1028 92.9 841 76.0 81.8
65 1116 126 11.3 86 7.7 68.3
Other ages   618   464   75.1
30-602 10500 9625 91.7 7293 69.5 75.8
All ages   11142   8286   74.4
Risk group screening   952   731   76.8
Total 14006 12094 86.3 9017 64.4 74.6

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 14 municipalities:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HEINOLA HEINOLAN MLK HOLLOLA IITTI
HÄMEENKOSKI KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ