Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

	Intervention group n = 11,192	Reference group n = 33,387	p-value*
Median age (years) at inclusion	68.4	68.5
Age (years) at inclusion
65	242 (2.1)	421 (1.3)	p < 0.001
66	1,550 (13.9)	3,658 (10.9)
67	2,470 (22.1)	7,510 (22.5)
68	3,412 (30.5)	10,464 (31.3)
69	3,518 (31.4)	11,334 (34.0)
Screening at age 50–64
Insufficiently screened (≤1 cervical sample)	2,665 (23.8)	7,636 (22.9)	p = 0.04
Sufficiently screened (≥2 cervical samples)	8,527 (76.9)	25,751 (77.1)

Data are provided as number (column percent).

* Chi square test.