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Table 1 Distribution (%) of selected cytological diagnoses in different labs in Norway in 2015

From: Accuracy of cervical cytology: comparison of diagnoses of 100 Pap smears read by four pathologists at three hospitals in Norway

Lab

Normal

ASC-US

LSIL

ASC-H

HSIL

OUS

86.9

5.0

0.9

1.0

1.1

Lab for pat/Furst

92.62

3.03

0.7

0.5

0.63

HUS1

83.6

5.0

2.4

0.8

1.42

St.Olav1

84.0

8.02

1.1

1.82

1.1

Molde

86.6

2.9

1.0

0.4

1.1

Gyn lab/unilabs

89.9

4.9

0.8

0.7

0.63

Østfold

87.0

4.6

0.9

0.9

0.8

UNN

79.23

4.8

4.62

1.42

1.1

Telemark

88.7

3.2

2.3

0.3

1.0

Innlandet,Lillehammer

93.02

3.4

0.9

0.6

0.6

Vestre Viken

91.1

3.6

1.8

0.6

0.9

Ålesund

91.42

5.1

1.4

0.5

0.63

Nordland

86.4

3.6

1.9

1.1

0.8

SUS1

84.6

4.9

2.5

0.6

1.32

Sørlandet

89.1

3.0

1.1

0.7

0.8

AHUS

93.42

2.5

1.5

0.8

1.0

Vestfold

83.0

8.52

2.1

2.02

0.9

Total

88.1

4.3

1.6

0.9

0.9

  1. Adapted from the Norwegian Cancer Screening Programme – annual report 2015 [5]
  2. 1Laboratories included in HPV primary screening pilot where women 34 years and older are randomized to Pap smear every three years or HPV test every five years
  3. 2Significantly higher than the average for Norway (p<0.05)
  4. 3Significantly lower than the average for Norway (p<0.05)