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. 2017 Jun 30;27(5):873–879. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx093

Table 1.

Target population and non-adherence to the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Program in 2008–12 by region of origin and major contributing countries

Region of origin Target population (n = 1 365 849) Non-adherent women
n % of total n % of targeted
Norway 1 157 223 84.7 365 995 31.6
Nordic countries 23 243 1.7 9051 38.9
Sweden 12 022 0.9 4512 37.5
Denmark 5831 0.4 2156 37.0
Finland 2959 0.2 1201 40.6
Eastern Europe 60 219 4.4 36 990 61.4
Poland 19 206 1.4 13 372 69.6
Russia 7762 0.6 3618 46.6
Lithuania 7645 0.6 5968 78.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 5050 0.4 2184 43.3
Kosovo 3192 0.2 1370 42.9
Romania 3012 0.2 1906 63.3
Western Europe 18 381 1.4 8857 48.2
Germany 7650 0.6 3801 49.7
UK 3254 0.2 1385 42.6
The Netherlands 2124 0.2 852 40.1
America, Oceania 12 845 1.0 5486 42.7
USA 2707 0.2 1153 42.6
Chile 2563 0.2 1060 41.4
Brazil 2142 0.2 873 40.8
Western Asia, North Africa 16 361 1.2 7381 45.1
Iraq 5932 0.4 2384 40.2
Turkey 4222 0.3 1868 44.2
Morocco 2165 0.2 1025 47.3
Sub-Saharan Africa 17 584 1.3 9399 53.5
Somalia 6414 0.5 3751 58.5
Eritrea 3344 0.2 1984 59.3
South Central Asia 26 719 2.0 13 486 50.5
Pakistan 8957 0.7 4812 53.7
Iran 5528 0.4 2297 41.6
India 3489 0.3 1859 53.3
Sri Lanka 3692 0.3 1857 50.3
Afganistan 2528 0.2 1239 49.0
Eastern Asia 33 274 2.4 18 316 55.1
Philippines 10 565 0.8 6508 61.6
Thailand 10 465 0.8 5761 55.1
Vietnam 6485 0.5 2912 44.9
China 3257 0.2 1763 54.1