UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo 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            
20 386 - - - --
25 287 19 6.6 7 2.4 36.8
302 236 235 99.6 164 69.5 69.8
352 348 346 99.4 258 74.1 74.6
402 391 388 99.2 310 79.3 79.9
452 467 466 99.8 352 75.4 75.5
502 459 454 98.9 361 78.6 79.5
552 531 524 98.7 439 82.7 83.8
602 386 385 99.7 321 83.2 83.4
65 415 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 2818 2798 99.3 2205 78.2 78.8
All ages   2817   2212   78.5
Risk group screening   296   232   78.4
Total 3906 3113 79.7 2444 62.6 78.5

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:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KANGASLAMPI KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU
RANTASALMI SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA SULKAVA UUKUNIEMI