UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:11

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1994.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1993
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 779 - - - --
25 771 7 0.9 4 0.5 57.1
302 836 332 39.7 206 24.6 62.0
352 881 460 52.2 337 38.3 73.3
402 1056 1041 98.6 819 77.6 78.7
452 1107 1099 99.3 851 76.9 77.4
502 842 833 98.9 658 78.1 79.0
552 854 850 99.5 675 79.0 79.4
602 750 234 31.2 199 26.5 85.0
65 802 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 6326 4849 76.7 3745 59.2 77.2
All ages   4856   3749   77.2
Risk group screening   580   428   73.8
Total 8678 5436 62.6 4177 48.1 76.8

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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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