UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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            
20 794 - - - --
25 648 133 20.5 56 8.6 42.1
302 578 570 98.6 348 60.2 61.1
352 768 776 101.0 548 71.4 70.6
402 873 876 100.3 643 73.7 73.4
452 865 860 99.4 662 76.5 77.0
502 1031 1029 99.8 812 78.8 78.9
552 1128 1131 100.3 893 79.2 79.0
602 770 771 100.1 646 83.9 83.8
65 802 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 6013 6013 100.0 4552 75.7 75.7
All ages   6146   4608   75.0
Risk group screening   693   496   71.6
Total 8257 6839 82.8 5104 61.8 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 10 municipalities:
IMATRA JOUTSENO LAPPEENRANTA LEMI LUUMÄKI RAUTJÄRVI RUOKOLAHTI
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