UPDATED 20.02.2014 13:01

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2005.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2004
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 421 - - - --
25 346 29 8.4 19 5.5 65.5
302 309 255 82.5 142 46.0 55.7
352 324 325 100.3 214 66.0 65.8
402 392 391 99.7 295 75.3 75.4
452 471 472 100.2 338 71.8 71.6
502 531 533 100.4 397 74.8 74.5
552 518 520 100.4 391 75.5 75.2
602 449 420 93.5 335 74.6 79.8
65 317 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 2994 2916 97.4 2112 70.5 72.4
All ages   2945   2131   72.4
Risk group screening   144   108   75.0
Total 4078 3089 75.7 2239 54.9 72.5

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO