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Organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Savo health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2001.
Numbers of women in the target population, and invited and screened.

Targeted group Target
population
31.12.2000
Invited
n
Invited
% of population
Screened
n
Screened
% of population
Screened
% of invited
5-yearly screening1            
20 1619 - - - --
25 1379 60 4.4 38 2.8 63.3
302 1282 1275 99.5 685 53.4 53.7
352 1621 1607 99.1 922 56.9 57.4
402 1784 1771 99.3 1206 67.6 68.1
452 1974 1952 98.9 1390 70.4 71.2
502 1884 1858 98.6 1371 72.8 73.8
552 1940 1908 98.4 1454 74.9 76.2
602 1672 1587 94.9 1223 73.1 77.1
65 1323 22 1.7 18 1.4 81.8
Other ages   104   73   70.2
30-602 12157 11958 98.4 8251 67.9 69.0
All ages   12144   8380   69.0
Risk group screening   558   391   70.1
Total 16478 12702 77.1 8771 53.2 69.1

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 24 municipalities:
IISALMI JUANKOSKI KAAVI KARTTULA KEITELE KIURUVESI KUOPIO
LAPINLAHTI LEPPÄVIRTA MAANINKA NILSIÄ PIELAVESI RAUTALAMPI RAUTAVAARA
SIILINJÄRVI SONKAJÄRVI SUONENJOKI TERVO TUUSNIEMI VARKAUS VARPAISJÄRVI
VEHMERSALMI VESANTO VIEREMÄ