BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015 , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 May 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015 . Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015 . AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015 . Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015 , AIHW, Canberra.
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Around 54% of women in the target age group of 50–74 took part in BreastScreen Australia, with more than 1.7 million women screening in 2014–2015.
Breast cancer mortality has decreased since BreastScreen Australia began from 31 deaths per 100,000 women of all ages in 1991 to 20 deaths per 100,000 women of all ages in 2014.
- ISSN: 2205-4855 (PDF) 1039-3307 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-198-9
- Cat. no: CAN 105
- Pages: 114
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Incidence has remained steady at around 300 new cases per 100,000 women aged 50–74 for over a decade
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In 2013, there were 9,581 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in women aged 50–74
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In 2014, 1,404 women aged 50–74 died from breast cancer, which is equivalent to 45 deaths per 100,000 women
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In 2015, a high proportion of invasive breast cancers detected were small