Accessibility across various geographic levels
Figure 6 presents population estimates and drive time results similarly to the chart within the Interactive dashboard, ranking areas in terms of populations of interest.
Compared with the dashboard chart, Figure 6 bears the following additional features:
- Includes a wider range of geographic levels – Remoteness Areas; Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4); Indigenous Regions (IREG); Indigenous Locations (ILOC); Local Government Areas (LGA); Primary Health Network (PHN) regions; Suburbs and Localities (SAL).
- Allows for alternative drive time selections.
- Optionally, shows the proportion of women by drive time, rather than the number.
Separating the drive time results by smaller regions reveals that:
- Most women who live more than a 2-hour drive from their nearest service live in the regional and remote parts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
- For both First Nations and non-Indigenous women, this pattern changes to also include parts of Victoria and New South Wales when considering drive times of more than 1 hour.
Figure 6: The number of women, aged 50–74, by drive time to a BreastScreen Australia screening location, by geographic area, by service frequency, by Indigenous status
An interactive bar graph showing the number and proportion of women in various locations with different drive times to BreastScreen Australia screening service locations. The drive times, service frequency, Indigenous status, and geographical breakdown can all be chosen to investigate areas and populations of interest. Refer to CSV tables in data tables.