Updated Statistics of the Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) in the 4th Quarter of 2009
1. Number of women newly registered with CSP by age group
In the 4th quarter of 2009 (from October to December 2009), a total of 9 950 women have newly registered with the CSP (Figure 1). The top 3 age groups of the new registrants were 30-34 years, 35-39 years and 25-29 years.
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: Age of registered women as at account approval date. |
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2. Number of cervical cytology tests reported
In the 4th quarter of 2009 (from October to December 2009), the Cervical Screening Information System has received 29 832 cervical cytology tests results for all women registered with the CSP. The proportions of the results as categorized according to the Bethesda System 2001 are shown in Figure 2. Among them, around 92% of smear results were 'Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy', while around 8% were abnormal.
![Figure 2. General categorization of the test results of cervical cytology reported in the 4th quarter of 2009* among registered women (No. of tests = 29 832) [Footnote: The percentage may not add up to 100% due to rounding of decimals.]](images/sr_statistics_stat_02.gif) |
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Date of cervical tests is defined as the test report date. The figures are only provisional in this report. |
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