UPDATED 08.12.2010 13:54

Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2008.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.
Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2007
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 2493 - - - --
25 2655 118 4.4 57 2.1 48.3
302 2433 2299 94.5 1183 48.6 51.5
352 1920 1874 97.6 1058 55.1 56.5
402 2307 2250 97.5 1493 64.7 66.4
452 2571 2499 97.2 1780 69.2 71.2
502 2539 2472 97.4 1821 71.7 73.7
552 2558 2469 96.5 1874 73.3 75.9
602 2574 2514 97.7 1949 75.7 77.5
65 1785 140 7.8 106 5.9 75.7
Other ages   426   341   80.0
30-602 16902 16377 96.9 11158 66.0 68.1
All ages   17061   11662   68.4
Risk group screening   866   578   66.7
Total   17927   12240   68.3

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation year and the birth year.
2 Age groups targeted in the governmental decree on screening (2006).

Tabulation is based on registration from 39 municipalities:
ALAVIESKA HAAPAJÄRVI HAAPAVESI HAILUOTO HAUKIPUDAS II KALAJOKI
KEMPELE KESTILÄ KIIMINKI KUUSAMO KÄRSÄMÄKI LIMINKA LUMIJOKI
MERIJÄRVI MUHOS NIVALA OULAINEN OULU OULUNSALO PIIPPOLA
PUDASJÄRVI PULKKILA PYHÄJOKI PYHÄJÄRVI PYHÄNTÄ RAAHE RANTSILA
REISJÄRVI SIEVI SIIKAJOKI VAALA TAIVALKOSKI TYRNÄVÄ UTAJÄRVI
VIHANTI YLI-II YLIKIIMINKI YLIVIESKA