UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:51

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2002.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2001
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1251 - - - --
25 907 607 66.9 418 46.1 68.9
302 838 818 97.6 618 73.7 75.6
352 1217 1211 99.5 963 79.1 79.5
402 1281 1285 100.3 1045 81.6 81.3
452 1312 1311 99.9 1110 84.6 84.7
502 1443 1435 99.4 1216 84.3 84.7
552 1501 1499 99.9 1288 85.8 85.9
602 785 738 94.0 631 80.4 85.5
65 1010 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 8377 8297 99.0 6871 82.0 82.8
All ages   8904   7289   81.9
Risk group screening   702   573   81.6
Total 11545 9606 83.2 7862 68.1 81.8

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 27 municipalities:
ALAHÄRMÄ ALAJÄRVI ALAVUS EVIJÄRVI ILMAJOKI ISOJOKI ISOKYRÖ
JALASJÄRVI KARIJOKI KAUHAJOKI KAUHAVA KORTESJÄRVI KUORTANE KURIKKA
LAPPAJÄRVI LAPUA LEHTIMÄKI NURMO PERÄSEINÄJOKI SEINÄJOKI SOINI
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