UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:20

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Itä-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 1997.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1996
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 416 - - - --
25 282 20 7.1 12 4.3 60.0
302 351 106 30.2 69 19.7 65.1
352 474 474 100.0 354 74.7 74.7
402 501 498 99.4 383 76.4 76.9
452 552 552 100.0 424 76.8 76.8
502 579 577 99.7 476 82.2 82.5
552 309 309 100.0 237 76.7 76.7
602 411 404 98.3 339 82.5 83.9
65 417 - - - --
Other ages   -   -  -
30-602 3177 2920 91.9 2282 71.8 78.2
All ages   2940   2294   78.0
Risk group screening   414   318   76.8
Total 4292 3354 78.1 2612 60.9 77.9

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:
ENONKOSKI JOROINEN KANGASLAMPI KERIMÄKI KESÄLAHTI PARIKKALA PUNKAHARJU
RANTASALMI SAARI SAVONLINNA SAVONRANTA SULKAVA UUKUNIEMI