UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:27

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1999.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1998
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1205 - - - --
25 1039 756 72.8 447 43.0 59.1
302 1134 1128 99.5 678 59.8 60.1
352 1386 1379 99.5 952 68.7 69.0
402 1441 1435 99.6 1119 77.7 78.0
452 1625 1616 99.4 1276 78.5 79.0
502 1836 1825 99.4 1483 80.8 81.3
552 1379 1370 99.3 1108 80.3 80.9
602 1286 1284 99.8 1046 81.3 81.5
65 1129 130 11.5 100 8.9 76.9
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 10087 10037 99.5 7662 76.0 76.3
All ages   10923   8209   75.2
Risk group screening   1124   882   78.5
Total 13460 12047 89.5 9091 67.5 75.5

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:
ARTJÄRVI ASIKKALA HARTOLA HOLLOLA HEINOLA IITTI HÄMEENKOSKI
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