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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1998.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1997
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 76 32 42.1 15 19.7 46.9
25 49 24 49.0 10 20.4 41.7
302 66 67 101.5 41 62.1 61.2
352 102 102 100.0 67 65.7 65.7
402 121 122 100.8 92 76.0 75.4
452 104 103 99.0 76 73.1 73.8
502 143 144 100.7 113 79.0 78.5
552 82 81 98.8 73 89.0 90.1
602 138 135 97.8 107 77.5 79.3
65 111 44 39.6 33 29.7 75.0
Other ages   5   4   80.0
30-602 756 754 99.7 569 75.3 75.5
All ages   859   631   73.5
Risk group screening   98   84   85.7
Total 992 957 96.5 715 72.1 74.7

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 4 municipalities:
KANGASNIEMI MÄNTYHARJU PERTUNMAA SUOMENNIEMI

Municipalities with registration not accomplished:
ANTTOLA HAUKIVUORI HIRVENSALMI JUVA JÄPPILÄ MIKKELI MIKKELIN MLK
PIEKSÄMÄKI PIEKSÄMÄEN MLK PUUMALA RISTIINA VIRTASALMI