UPDATED 08.12.2010 13:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2008.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.
Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2007
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1042 - - - --
25 1059 64 6.0 39 3.7 60.9
302 834 835 100.1 467 56.0 55.9
352 740 740 100.0 469 63.4 63.4
402 940 936 99.6 625 66.5 66.8
452 1231 1231 100.0 869 70.6 70.6
502 1254 1252 99.8 927 73.9 74.0
552 1353 1351 99.9 1020 75.4 75.5
602 1396 1399 100.2 1076 77.1 76.9
65 964 40 4.1 31 3.2 77.5
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 7748 7744 99.9 5453 70.4 70.4
All ages   7848   5523   70.4
Risk group screening   453   307   67.8
Total   8301   5830   70.2

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation year and the birth year.
2 Age groups targeted in the governmental decree on screening (2006).

Tabulation is based on registration from 17 municipalities:
ENO HEINÄVESI ILOMANTSI JOENSUU JUUKA KESÄLAHTI KITEE
KONTIOLAHTI OUTOKUMPU LIEKSA LIPERI NURMES POLVIJÄRVI PYHÄSELKÄ
RÄÄKKYLÄ TOHMAJÄRVI VALTIMO