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. 2004 Jul 27;91(5):935–941. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602069

Table 3. Process and performance values in screening for cervical cancer in the 18 European countries.

      Detection rate (%)
Country/region Population subject to formal programme (in ages 25–64 years unless specified) Women screened within recommended interval (%), any smears included (in ages 25–64 years in 2000 unless specified) Invasive (ICC) CIN3 CIN1-2
Czech republic No data No data No data No data No data
Denmark 90% (23–59) 75% (23–59, 1997) No data No data No data
Finland 100% (30–60) 93% (35–64, 1997) 0.01 0.13 0.21
Hungary No data 30% No data No data No data
Iceland 100% 76% within a 3-year interval (25–69) 0.015 0.47 0.27
Lithuania No data No data No data No data No data
Luxembourg No data 39% (1 year, 1999)a No data No data No data
Netherlands 100% (30–60)b 77% (30–60, 1997)b No data 0.35 (incl. CIN3+) 0.13
Norway 100% 70% 0.04c 0.50c 0.79c
Slovakia No data No data No data No data No data
Slovenia 31% in 2000 70% No data No data No data
Sweden 100%b 83 (23–59; 1997)b No data No data No data
Switzerland No data No datad No data No data No data
UK 100% 83% No data No data No data
France          
 Bas-Rhin No data 69%e 0.05 0.35 0.73
 Doubs 88% >50% No data No data No data
 Isére No data 69% (50–69, 1996) No data No data No data
Germany          
 Saarland 90%b 50% per year (20+; 1996); 80% within 3 yearsb No data No data No data
Italy          
 Florence 100% 73% 0.008 0.13 0.12
 Genova No data 53%f No data No data No data
 Parma 100% 66% No data No data No data
 Ragusa No data 53%f No data No data No data
 Torino 100% >74% 0.011 0.09 0.14
 Varese No data 53%6 No data No data No data
Spain          
 Catalonia No data No data 0.04 0.06 0.8
a

From Scheiden et al (2000).

b

From Van Ballegooijen et al (2000); whole Germany.

c

In 1998, from The Cancer Registry of Norway (2001).

d

80% ever-screened (18–75; 1997).

e

From Schaffer et al (2000).

f

No regional data. Italian national estimate 1999/2000.