Table 5

The number of smears taken for each age category, 1990–2000

Year	⩽28 years	29–33 years	34–53 years	54–61 years	⩾62 years	Total
Bold numbers indicate age categories invited for the population based screening programme.
*In 1996, the CISOE-A classification with formal reporting and referral was introduced and, in addition, three year interval screening for women 34–55 years was changed into five year interval screening for women 30–60 years.
	N	N	N	N	N	N
1990	22 290	16 179	65 265	4599	2941	111 274
1991	19 943	15 502	67 238	4193	2552	109 428
1992	20 965	16 291	66 319	4839	2989	111 403
1993	18 098	15 961	70 188	4828	2835	111 910
1994	16 814	15 439	74 044	5642	2986	114 925
1995	14 049	14 287	66 834	5572	2972	103 714
1996*	10 071	24 267	58 902	16 640	2638	112 518
1997	6880	22 244	67 575	16 722	2359	115 780
1998	5417	16 795	61 855	12 028	2197	98 292
1999	4482	14 896	52 456	14 177	2139	88 150
2000	3437	9584	50 740	12 568	1841	78 178