Table 1. Test coverage of organized cervical screening (% of total population tested) in the Stockholm and Gotland region during 2013–2021 stratified by age group.
The target age group of the program was 23–60 years of age until 2015 and 23–70 years of age from 2015 onwards. Program cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in April 2020 and the switch to primary screening with self-sampling was implemented in March 2021.
| Test coverage (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | |||||||
| Year | 23–70 | 23–25 | 26–30 | 31–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | 61–70 |
| 2013 | 47.7 | 74.7 | 60.0 | 58.6 | 56.9 | 49.3 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 48.7 | 77.2 | 59.7 | 59.5 | 57.6 | 51.5 | 0.27 |
| 2015 | 51.1 | 77.3 | 59.8 | 59.2 | 58.8 | 53.9 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 54.0 | 78.2 | 62.5 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 57.7 | 14.7 |
| 2017 | 56.2 | 80.6 | 64.2 | 62.3 | 62.4 | 61.6 | 17.4 |
| 2018 | 58.2 | 83.6 | 66.5 | 63.1 | 64.2 | 63.1 | 20.3 |
| 2019 | 60.5 | 85.4 | 68.2 | 64.6 | 65.9 | 62.7 | 27.9 |
| 2020 | 54.3 | 81.7 | 62.3 | 56.7 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 25.4 |
| 2021 | 59.6 | 88.9 | 69.6 | 62.3 | 62.2 | 59.6 | 32.6 |