Updated Statistics of the Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) in the 4th Quarter of 2011
1. Number of women newly registered with CSP by age group
In the 4th quarter of 2011 (from October to December 2011), a total of 8 315 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 respectively.
| [Figure 1. Number of women newly registered with the Cervical Screening Programme in the 4th quarter of 2011 by age group
(Total = 8 315) ] |
| Note |
: Age of registered woman was calculated as at account creation date in CSIS. |
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| Source |
: Cervical Screening Information System |
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2. Number of cervical cytology tests reported
In the 4th quarter of 2011 (from October to December 2011), the Cervical Screening Information System has received 28 105 cervical cytology test 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 7% were abnormal.
| [Figure 2. General categorization of the test results of cervical cytology reported in the 4th quarter of 2011* among
registered women (No. of tests = 28 105) [Note : The percentage may not add up to 100.0% due to rounding of decimals.] ] |
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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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| Source |
: Cervical Screening Information System |
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