Table 1.
Number of women and woman years at risk with percentage distribution in cervical screening programme
| HPV screening | Conventional screening | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Woman years | % of women years | Women years per woman | Women | Woman years | % of women years | Women years per woman | ||
| Invitees | 29 037 | 95 553 | 100.0 | 3.3 | 29 039 | 95 666 | 100.0 | 3.3 | |
| Attendees | 19 449 | 64 025 | 67.0 | 3.3 | 19 221 | 63 396 | 66.3 | 3.3 | |
| Non-attendees | 9588 | 31 528 | 33.0 | 3.3 | 9818 | 32 270 | 33.7 | 3.3 | |
| Screening group (among attendees): | |||||||||
| Screening test positive | 1354 | 4544 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 1125 | 3766 | 5.9 | 3.3 | |
| Screening episode positive | 110 | 370 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 72 | 235 | 0.4 | 3.3 | |
| Recommendation for intensified screening* | 1244† | 4174 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 1053 | 3531 | 5.6 | 3.4 | |
| Screening test negative | 18 095 | 59 480 | 92.9 | 3.3 | 18 096 | 59 630 | 94.1 | 3.3 | |
| By age group (years): | |||||||||
| Age 30-39: | |||||||||
| Invitees | 7939 | 25 961 | 100.0 | 3.3 | 7894 | 25 852 | 100.0 | 3.3 | |
| Attendees | 4630 | 15 152 | 58.4 | 3.3 | 4571 | 15 000 | 58.0 | 3.3 | |
| Age 40-49: | |||||||||
| Invitees | 8893 | 29 337 | 100.0 | 3.3 | 8849 | 29 292 | 100.0 | 3.3 | |
| Attendees | 5894 | 19 485 | 66.4 | 3.3 | 5728 | 18 951 | 64.7 | 3.3 | |
| Age 50-64: | |||||||||
| Invitees | 12 205 | 40 257 | 100.0 | 3.3 | 12 296 | 40 522 | 100.0 | 3.3 | |
| Attendees | 8925 | 29 389 | 73.0 | 3.3 | 8922 | 29 445 | 72.7 | 3.3 | |
*In women recommended for intensified screening, four in HPV group and 29 in conventional group had inadequate screening test.
†Out of 1244 women who were recommended for intensified screening in HPV screening arm, HPV test was done and was positive for 1151 women: 353 of them were Papanicolaou class II+ at cytology triage, 794 were class I, and 4 had inadequate smear. HPV test was not done for 93 women, and recommendation was based on Papanicolaou class II+ result among them.