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BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2024

In 2021–2022, over 1.8 million women participated in the BreastScreen Australia. This was 50% of women aged 50–74 In 2020, breast cancer was the most common cancer in Australian women, with 307 new cases per 100,000 women aged 50–74 In 2022, 58% of breast cancers detected through BreastScreen Australia for participants aged 50–74 were small (≤15mm) In 2020, of all breast cancer cases in women aged 50–74, 46% were detected through BreastScreen Australia

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Australians’ health faring well despite ongoing challenges

Australians’ overall health continues to fare well when compared with similar countries despite significant impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing burden of chronic conditions, Australia’s health 2024 reveals. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) biennial flagship report card of Australians’ health has been released by the Hon Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care.

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New insights into what Australians die from

Coronary heart disease (CHD) was involved in 1 in 5 deaths in 2022 when using all of the information included on the medical death certificate, according to a new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) release revealing what Australians are most likely to die from.

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