Updated Statistics of the Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) in the
2nd Quarter of 2008
1. Number of women newly registered with CSP
In the 2nd quarter of 2008 (from April to June 2008), a total of 6 185
woman have 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 woman as at
account approval date. |
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2. Number of cervical cytology tests reported in the 2nd Quarter of
2008
In the 2nd quarter of 2008 (from April to June 2008), the Cervical Screening
Information System has received 31 427 cervical cytology tests results
for all woman registered with the CSP . The proportions of the results
categorized according to the Bethesda System 2001 are shown in Figure
2. Among them, over 91% of smear results were 'Negative for intraepithelial
lesion or malignancy', while around 8% were abnormal.
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| Foot note: |
Date of cervical tests is defined
according to the test report date. Due to the time lag of data
submission to CSIS, the figure is only provisional. |
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