UPDATED 20.02.2014 10:17

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland in the invitation year 1996. Numbers of women
in the target population, and invited and screened. Information registered from 429 municipalities (out of 455).

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.1995
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 28700 2507 8.7 6422.2 25.6
25 26448 8918 33.7 539420.4 60.5
302 31557 22969 72.8 1428345.3 62.2
352 32618 29404 90.1 2012061.7 68.4
402 34646 33922 97.9 2498972.1 73.7
452 34588 32382 93.6 2421470.0 74.8
502 37562 36795 98.0 2856576.0 77.6
552 30749 27888 90.7 2196671.4 78.8
602 22877 17214 75.2 1349459.0 78.4
65 22822 3450 15.1 263511.5 76.4
Other ages   1901   1359   71.5
30-602 224597 200572 89.3 147631 65.7 73.6
All ages   217350   157661   72.5
Risk group
screening
  15168   11441   75.4
Total 302567 232518 76.8 169102 55.9 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).