UPDATED 20.02.2014 12:51

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Länsi-Pohja 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            
20 449 - - - --
25 338 - - - --
302 279 227 81.4 129 46.2 56.8
352 352 355 100.9 228 64.8 64.2
402 470 471 100.2 335 71.3 71.1
452 547 545 99.6 398 72.8 73.0
502 574 575 100.2 449 78.2 78.1
552 546 546 100.0 420 76.9 76.9
602 295 197 66.8 162 54.9 82.2
65 381 45 11.8 37 9.7 82.2
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3063 2916 95.2 2121 69.2 72.7
All ages   2961   2158   72.9
Risk group screening   223   156   70.0
Total 4231 3184 75.3 2314 54.7 72.7

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 6 municipalities:
KEMI KEMINMAA SIMO TERVOLA TORNIO YLITORNIO