UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:43

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2000.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1999
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1244 - - - --
25 1044 780 74.7 457 43.8 58.6
302 1160 1144 98.6 741 63.9 64.8
352 1357 1352 99.6 902 66.5 66.7
402 1390 1378 99.1 1042 75.0 75.6
452 1535 1521 99.1 1182 77.0 77.7
502 1873 1862 99.4 1504 80.3 80.8
552 1609 1604 99.7 1296 80.5 80.8
602 1119 1107 98.9 891 79.6 80.5
65 1124 140 12.5 96 8.5 68.6
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 10043 9968 99.3 7558 75.3 75.8
All ages   10888   8111   74.5
Risk group screening   970   722   74.4
Total 13455 11858 88.1 8833 65.6 74.5

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
KÄRKÖLÄ LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA PADASJOKI SYSMÄ