Table 1 Distribution of the study population and DR (with 95% CI) by screening programme

From: Do women 50 years of age need as much screening as women <50 years after they have had negative screening results?

Screening programme

Starting year

No. of women (%)

Person-years

No. of cases

DR (95% CI)

Firenze

1986

162 314 (56)

1 273 442

824

6.47 (6.04–6.93)

Torino

1992

54 367 (19)

225 546

69

3.06 (2.42–3.87)

Mantova

1993

23 571 (8)

92 632

79

8.53 (6.84–10.63)

Ravenna

1995

19 476 (7)

55 933

57

10.19 (7.86–13.21)

Ferrara

1996

22 181 (8)

52 011

80

15.38 (12.36–19.15)

Viterbo

1997

5421 (2)

14 986

1

0.67 (0.09–4.74)

Total

287 330

1 714 550

1110

 
  1. CI=confidence interval; DR=detection rate.