BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 
2006–2007 and 2007–2008
Supplementary data tables
August 2010

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006–2007 and 2007–2008: supplementary data tables. Cancer series no. 56. Cat. no. CAN 52. Canberra: AIHW.
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Introduction
This report is provides supplementary data tables to the BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006–2007 and 2007–2008.
Indicator 1	Participation for 2006–2007
Table A1: Number of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 2006–2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	15,930	11,236	38,860	8,726	5,767	3,755	137	396	84,807	
45–49	29,850	20,486	56,215	17,087	11,407	6,159	1,029	1,006	143,239	
50–54	118,711	90,282	70,938	38,084	28,012	8,427	5,897	2,345	362,696	
55–59	117,442	87,777	72,796	36,671	29,440	9,503	6,372	2,208	362,209	
60–64	99,652	74,561	60,746	28,767	25,392	7,920	4,713	1,423	303,174	
65–69	77,638	58,362	45,556	22,858	19,704	6,173	3,194	813	234,298	
70–74	15,163	38,702	31,512	5,911	6,808	4,299	769	103	103,267	
75–79	7,486	13,107	9,779	2,784	3,511	906	294	49	37,916	
80–84	2,354	1,861	1,929	833	1,021	273	80	10	8,361	
85+	508	337	523	172	170	41	7	2	1,760	
Ages 40+ years	
	484,734	396,711	388,854	161,893	131,232	47,456	22,492	8,355	1,641,727	
Ages 50–69 years	
	413,443	310,982	250,036	126,380	102,548	32,023	20,176	6,789	1,262,377	
Note: Period covers 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A2: Percentage of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 2006–2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	6.4	5.9	25.4	11.2	10.0	21.2	1.1	5.1	11.0	
45–49	12.0	10.9	37.3	22.2	19.4	32.7	8.1	13.6	18.8	
50–54	52.7	53.2	52.2	54.0	51.2	48.0	50.6	35.8	52.4	
55–59	56.9	56.0	57.7	58.3	56.8	57.3	60.7	43.7	56.9	
60–64	58.8	59.2	59.6	59.8	59.9	57.8	62.4	43.5	59.2	
65–69	57.5	58.0	59.4	60.5	58.7	57.2	60.3	41.6	58.3	
70–74	13.3	45.5	52.7	19.6	23.9	48.8	18.8	9.0	31.2	
75–79	7.2	16.9	18.5	10.7	12.9	11.6	8.8	6.2	12.7	
80–84	2.8	3.0	4.6	4.2	4.4	4.3	2.8	2.1	3.5	
85+	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	30.0	32.6	41.5	34.5	32.9	38.2	30.9	24.0	33.7	
AS rate (A)	30.1	32.9	41.5	34.0	33.1	38.2	29.7	22.7	33.8	
95% CI	30.0–30.1	32.8–33.0	41.4–41.7	33.9–34.2	32.9–33.3	37.9–38.6	29.3–30.1	22.2–23.2	33.7–
33.8	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	56.2	56.2	56.8	57.6	56.2	54.6	57.7	40.3	56.3	
AS rate (A)	56.0	56.1	56.6	57.5	55.9	54.2	57.6	40.6	56.1	
95% CI	55.8–56.2	55.9–56.3	56.3–56.8	57.2–57.9	55.6–56.2	53.6–54.8	56.8–58.4	39.6–41.6	56.0–
56.2	
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007.
2.	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2006 and 2007 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
3.	BreastScreen Australia services are not provided in some remote areas of the Northern Territory. This may affect the Northern Territory’s participation.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A3: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and geographic region, 2006–2007
Age group (years)	Number/
rate	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
40–44	Number	52,643	17,191	11,769	2,064	1,140	84,807	
	Rate	9.9	11.4	16.3	17.8	20.2	11.0	
45–49	Number	88,600	30,234	19,466	3,334	1,605	143,239	
	Rate	17.3	19.7	26.9	29.7	30.5	18.8	
50–54	Number	242,636	76,727	36,092	5,094	2,147	362,696	
	Rate	52.4	54.5	54.7	51.6	47.9	52.4	
55–59	Number	238,069	79,969	37,496	4,801	1,874	362,209	
	Rate	55.9	59.4	60.1	57.1	52.1	56.9	
60–64	Number	194,394	71,686	31,783	3,936	1,374	303,174	
	Rate	60.4	64.8	63.5	61.8	53.5	59.2	
65–69	Number	148,523	56,828	25,142	2,889	917	234,298	
	Rate	57.8	62.9	62.5	62.6	53.9	58.3	
70–74	Number	63,624	26,108	11,810	1,273	452	103,267	
	Rate	29.5	35.2	37.5	36.8	38.5	31.2	
75–79	Number	23,676	9,057	4,368	626	189	37,916	
	Rate	11.7	13.7	15.9	22.8	20.4	12.7	
80–84	Number	5,181	1,817	1,132	174	57	8,361	
	Rate	3.1	3.5	5.5	9.0	11.1	3.5	
85+	Number	1,091	355	260	43	10	1,760	
	Rate	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.4	2.4	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	1,058,437	369,972	179,318	24,235	9,765	1,641,727	
	Crude rate	32.6	36.3	38.9	39.1	37.1	33.7	
	AS rate (A)	33.1	35.9	38.3	38.5	36.4	33.8	
	95% CI	33.0–33.1	35.8–36.0	38.1–38.5	38.0–39.0	35.7–37.2	33.7–33.8	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	823,622	285,210	130,513	16,720	6,312	1,262,377	
	Crude rate	56.1	59.9	59.7	57.1	51.1	56.3	
	AS rate (A)	56.0	59.5	59.4	57.2	51.3	56.1	
	95% CI	55.9–56.1	59.3–59.7	59.1–59.7	56.4–58.1	50.0–52.6	56.0–56.2	
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007.
2. 	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2006 and 2007 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
3. 	The Australian Standard Geographical Classification was used to create the above categories.
4. 	Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 
Table A4: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and socioeconomic status, 2006–2007
Age group (years)	Number/
rate	1 (lowest)	2	3	4	5 (highest)	Australia	
40–44	Number	14,870	15,909	18,438	19,331	16,259	84,807	
	Rate	10.5	11.0	11.8	11.9	9.9	11.0	
45–49	Number	26,058	27,815	30,743	30,760	27,862	143,239	
	Rate	18.3	19.0	20.1	19.6	17.1	18.8	
50–54	Number	67,597	71,801	72,504	71,427	79,367	362,696	
	Rate	51.4	52.8	53.2	51.1	53.5	52.4	
55–59	Number	70,786	73,086	71,992	69,903	76,442	362,209	
	Rate	57.4	57.3	58.2	55.3	56.4	56.9	
60–64	Number	62,789	63,224	60,718	56,322	60,120	303,174	
	Rate	61.0	59.0	60.8	57.3	57.7	59.2	
65–69	Number	51,910	50,915	46,883	42,365	42,225	234,298	
	Rate	60.8	58.1	58.9	57.7	55.9	58.3	
70–74	Number	23,352	21,088	20,640	21,316	16,871	103,267	
	Rate	32.5	28.4	31.4	36.0	28.1	31.2	
75–79	Number	8,414	7,851	7,392	7,530	6,729	37,916	
	Rate	13.3	11.7	12.7	13.9	12.0	12.7	
80–84	Number	1,776	1,824	1,604	1,569	1,588	8,361	
	Rate	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.5	
85+	Number	347	377	338	363	337	1,760	
	Rate	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	327,899	333,889	331,252	320,886	327,801	1,641,727	
	Crude rate	34.4	33.8	34.4	33.5	32.6	33.7	
	AS rate (A)	34.0	33.6	34.6	33.8	32.8	33.8	
	95% CI	33.9–34.1	33.5–33.7	34.5–34.7	33.7–34.0	32.7–32.9	33.7–33.8	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	253,082	259,026	252,097	240,017	258,155	1,262,377	
	Crude rate	57.1	56.5	57.4	54.8	55.7	56.3	
	AS rate (A)	56.7	56.3	57.2	54.7	55.6	56.1	
	95% CI	56.5–57.0	56.1–56.5	57.0–57.4	54.5–54.9	55.4–55.8	56.0–56.2	
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007.
2. 	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2006 and 
2007 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
3. 	1 corresponds to the most disadvantaged socioeconomic status and 5 to the least disadvantaged socioeconomic status.
4. 	Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A5: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander status, 2006–2007
Age group (years)	Number/rate	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 	Non-Indigenous	Australia(a)	
40–44	Number	1,480	83,140	84,807	
	Rate	9.3	11.0	11.0	
45–49	Number	2,050	140,831	143,239	
	Rate	15.4	18.8	18.8	
50–54	Number	3,254	357,553	362,696	
	Rate	31.2	52.5	52.4	
55–59	Number	2,902	357,143	362,209	
	Rate	37.5	56.8	56.9	
60–64	Number	2,013	299,631	303,174	
	Rate	37.9	59.1	59.2	
65–69	Number	1,453	231,611	234,298	
	Rate	39.7	58.2	58.3	
70–74	Number	490	101,887	103,267	
	Rate	19.7	31.0	31.2	
75+	Number	237	47,419	48,037	
	Rate	7.5	6.2	6.3	
Ages 40+ years	Number	13,879	1,619,215	1,641,727	
	Crude rate	22.4	33.7	33.7	
	AS rate (A)	22.9	33.6	33.7	
	95% CI	22.5–23.3	33.6–33.7	33.6–33.7	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	9,622	1,245,938	1,262,377	
	Crude rate	35.5	56.3	56.3	
	AS rate (A)	35.8	56.1	56.1	
	95% CI	35.1–36.6	56.0–56.2	56.0–56.2	
(a)	Includes women in the ‘not stated’ category for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007.
2. 	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 
2006 and 2007 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population 
at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A6: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and main language spoken at home,
2006–2007
Age group (years)	Number/rate	English-speaking	Non-English-speaking	Australia(a)	
40–44	Number	74,570	10,104	84,806	
	Rate	11.9	7.1	11.0	
45–49	Number	124,784	18,222	143,239	
	Rate	19.8	13.7	18.8	
50–54	Number	312,568	49,582	362,696	
	Rate	54.2	43.0	52.4	
55–59	Number	313,877	47,664	362,208	
	Rate	58.5	47.7	56.9	
60–64	Number	264,009	38,580	303,174	
	Rate	60.8	49.3	59.2	
65–69	Number	199,275	34,410	234,298	
	Rate	60.7	46.8	58.3	
70–74	Number	89,062	13,706	103,267	
	Rate	33.2	21.9	31.2	
75–79	Number	33,696	4,054	37,916	
	Rate	13.4	8.3	12.7	
80–84	Number	7,587	738	8,361	
	Rate	3.7	2.0	3.5	
85+	Number	1,639	110	1,760	
	Rate	0.8	0.4	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	1,421,067	217,170	1,641,725	
	Crude rate	35.1	26.6	33.7	
	AS rate (A)	35.1	26.7	33.8	
	95% CI	35.1–35.2	26.6–26.8	33.7–33.8	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	1,089,729	170,236	1,262,376	
	Crude rate	58.1	46.4	56.3	
	AS rate (A)	57.9	46.3	56.1	
	95% CI	57.8–58.1	46.0–46.5	56.0–56.2	
(a)	Includes women in the ‘not stated’ category for main language other than English spoken at home.
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2007.
2. 	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2006 and 2007 Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Indicator 1	Participation for 2007–2008
Table A7: Number of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 2007–2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	15,421	10,239	38,619	8,615	5,820	3,810	469	328	83,321	
45–49	29,294	19,591	57,974	16,780	11,850	6,468	1,217	990	144,164	
50–54	114,888	83,279	74,790	37,387	29,394	8,477	5,329	2,338	355,882	
55–59	114,951	85,576	74,106	35,393	29,973	9,461	6,046	2,257	357,763	
60–64	104,417	78,129	65,801	30,002	27,840	8,713	4,915	1,604	321,421	
65–69	78,080	58,384	47,657	22,829	20,718	6,510	3,284	875	238,337	
70–74	15,694	29,052	32,750	6,219	7,312	3,073	799	107	95,006	
75–79	6,859	10,201	10,257	2,898	3,586	875	292	39	35,007	
80–84	2,227	1,890	2,127	857	1,152	248	79	14	8,594	
85+	474	362	549	181	206	38	10	1	1,821	
Ages 40+ years	
	482,305	376,703	404,630	161,161	137,851	47,673	22,440	8,553	1,641,316	
Ages 50–69 years	
	412,336	305,368	262,354	125,611	107,925	33,161	19,574	7,074	1,273,403	
Note: Period covers 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A8: Percentage of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 2007–2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	6.3	5.3	25.2	11.0	10.2	22.0	3.8	4.2	10.9	
45–49	11.6	10.3	37.4	21.4	20.0	34.0	9.5	13.1	18.6	
50–54	50.1	48.2	53.8	52.0	53.2	47.6	45.5	34.8	50.5	
55–59	55.3	54.3	58.1	55.2	57.7	56.7	57.3	42.7	55.8	
60–64	57.9	58.0	60.4	58.0	61.6	59.3	59.9	45.6	58.7	
65–69	56.4	56.5	59.5	58.4	60.3	58.8	59.3	41.4	57.6	
70–74	13.5	33.4	53.1	20.0	25.2	33.9	18.8	8.7	28.0	
75–79	6.6	13.3	19.4	11.1	13.5	11.2	8.7	4.9	11.8	
80–84	2.6	3.0	5.1	4.2	5.0	3.9	2.7	2.7	3.5	
85+	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	29.4	30.4	42.1	33.5	34.1	37.8	30.2	23.8	33.1	
AS rate (A)	29.2	30.3	42.0	32.9	34.1	37.6	28.9	22.3	32.9	
95% CI	29.1–29.3	30.2–30.4	41.9–42.1	32.7–33.0	33.9–34.2	37.2–37.9	28.5–29.3	21.8–22.8	32.8–32.9	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	54.6	53.7	57.6	55.4	57.8	55.0	54.4	40.1	55.2	
AS rate (A)	54.3	53.4	57.4	55.3	57.4	54.5	54.2	40.4	54.9	
95% CI	54.1–54.5	53.2–53.6	57.2–57.6	55.0–55.6	57.1–57.8	53.9–55.1	53.4–55.0	39.4–41.4	54.8–55.0	
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008.
2.	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2007 and 2008 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
3.	BreastScreen Australia services are not provided in some remote areas of the Northern Territory. This may affect the Northern Territory’s participation.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A9: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and geographic region, 2007–2008
Age group (years)	Number/
rate	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Australia	
40–44	Number	51,296	17,038	11,907	1,998	1,083	83,321	
	Rate	9.7	11.5	16.9	18.0	19.8	10.9	
45–49	Number	88,755	30,464	20,024	3,285	1,637	144,164	
	Rate	16.9	19.2	26.9	28.8	32.3	18.6	
50–54	Number	236,225	75,342	37,012	5,130	2,172	355,882	
	Rate	49.7	51.6	53.9	50.4	47.5	50.5	
55–59	Number	234,576	79,071	37,511	4,740	1,865	357,763	
	Rate	54.7	57.5	59.1	55.5	52.5	55.8	
60–64	Number	206,327	75,604	34,003	4,080	1,407	321,421	
	Rate	57.5	61.0	61.6	62.1	50.6	58.7	
65–69	Number	150,074	58,227	26,150	2,973	913	238,337	
	Rate	56.0	60.1	61.5	61.9	51.4	57.6	
70–74	Number	57,954	23,911	11,408	1,298	436	95,006	
	Rate	25.9	30.7	34.7	36.3	35.9	28.0	
75–79	Number	21,444	8,367	4,397	612	187	35,007	
	Rate	10.7	12.5	16.1	22.2	21.1	11.8	
80–84	Number	5,185	1,889	1,271	193	56	8,594	
	Rate	3.1	3.6	6.1	9.5	8.9	3.5	
85+	Number	1,094	387	274	56	11	1,821	
	Rate	0.7	0.8	1.4	3.1	2.3	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	1,052,930	370,299	183,956	24,365	9,766	1,641,316	
	Crude rate	31.5	34.9	38.7	38.8	37.0	33.1	
	AS rate (A)	31.6	34.1	37.7	38.0	35.9	32.9	
	95% CI	31.6–31.7	34.0–34.2	37.5–37.8	37.5–38.5	35.2–36.7	32.8–32.9	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	827,202	288,243	134,677	16,924	6,357	1,273,403	
	Crude rate	54.0	57.1	58.6	56.2	50.1	55.2	
	AS rate (A)	53.8	56.7	58.3	56.3	50.2	54.9	
	95% CI	53.7–54.0	56.5–56.9	58.0–58.6	55.5–57.2	49.0–51.4	54.8–55.0	
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008.
2.	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2007 and 2008 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
3.	The Australian Standard Geographical Classification was used to create the above categories.
4.	Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 
Table A10: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and socioeconomic status, 2007–2008
Age group (years)	Number/
rate	1 (lowest)	2	3	4	5 
(highest)	Australia	
40–44	Number	14,516	16,010	17,928	19,014	15,853	83,321	
	Rate	10.1	10.9	11.6	12.2	9.7	10.9	
45–49	Number	26,121	27,957	31,041	31,275	27,770	144,164	
	Rate	17.6	18.3	20.1	20.2	16.8	18.6	
50–54	Number	66,161	70,448	71,802	70,808	76,663	355,882	
	Rate	48.0	49.5	52.1	51.6	51.2	50.5	
55–59	Number	69,351	72,258	71,475	69,876	74,803	357,763	
	Rate	54.2	54.6	58.0	56.9	55.3	55.8	
60–64	Number	65,426	66,524	64,714	60,660	64,096	321,421	
	Rate	58.3	56.9	61.7	59.6	57.4	58.7	
65–69	Number	51,847	51,982	47,708	43,360	43,441	238,337	
	Rate	57.6	56.4	59.3	59.2	55.6	57.6	
70–74	Number	20,817	20,012	19,730	19,532	14,915	95,006	
	Rate	27.5	25.8	29.6	33.6	24.2	28.0	
75–79	Number	7,675	7,523	6,974	6,943	5,892	35,007	
	Rate	11.7	11.1	12.1	13.5	10.7	11.8	
80–84	Number	1,840	1,966	1,644	1,567	1,577	8,594	
	Rate	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.2	3.5	
85+	Number	356	428	350	344	343	1,821	
	Rate	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	324,109	335,108	333,366	323,379	325,353	1,641,316	
	Crude rate	32.4	32.5	34.4	34.4	31.9	33.1	
	AS rate (A)	31.9	32.1	34.3	34.4	31.8	32.9	
	95% CI	31.8–32.0	31.9–32.2	34.2–34.5	34.3–34.6	31.7–31.9	32.8–32.9	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	252,785	261,211	255,699	244,705	259,003	1,273,403	
	Crude rate	54.0	54.0	57.3	56.3	54.6	55.2	
	AS rate (A)	53.6	53.7	57.0	56.1	54.4	54.9	
	95% CI	53.3–53.8	53.5–53.9	56.8–57.3	55.9–56.3	54.2–54.6	54.8–55.0	
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008.
2.	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2007 and 2008 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
3.	1 corresponds to the most disadvantaged socioeconomic status and 5 to the least disadvantaged socioeconomic status.
4.	Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A11: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander status, 2007–2008
Age group (years)	Number/rate	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 	Non-Indigenous	Australia(a)	
40–44	Number	1,587	81,507	83,321	
	Rate	9.7	10.9	10.9	
45–49	Number	2,174	141,581	144,164	
	Rate	15.7	18.6	18.6	
50–54	Number	3,394	349,855	355,882	
	Rate	31.2	50.4	50.5	
55–59	Number	3,065	352,420	357,763	
	Rate	37.4	55.6	55.8	
60–64	Number	2,204	317,462	321,421	
	Rate	38.6	58.6	58.7	
65–69	Number	1,526	235,417	238,337	
	Rate	40.0	57.4	57.6	
70–74	Number	526	93,623	95,006	
	Rate	20.3	27.8	28.0	
75+	Number	248	44,770	45,422	
	Rate	7.7	5.8	5.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	14,724	1,616,635	1,641,316	
	Crude rate	22.8	33.0	33.1	
	AS rate (A)	23.2	32.7	32.7	
	95% CI	22.8–23.6	32.6–32.7	32.7–32.8	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	10,189	1,255,154	1,273,403	
	Crude rate	35.6	55.1	55.2	
	AS rate (A)	36.0	54.8	54.9	
	95% CI	35.3–36.7	54.7–54.9	54.8–55.0	
(a)	Includes women in the ‘not stated’ category for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008.
2.	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 
2007 and 2008 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population 
at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A12: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and main language spoken at home, 2007–2008
Age group (years)	Number/rate	English-speaking	Non-English-speaking	Australia(a)	
40–44	Number	73,337	9,839	83,320	
	Rate	11.8	6.9	10.9	
45–49	Number	125,832	18,037	144,164	
	Rate	19.6	13.3	18.6	
50–54	Number	305,934	49,250	355,882	
	Rate	52.1	41.9	50.5	
55–59	Number	309,787	47,210	357,762	
	Rate	57.3	46.8	55.8	
60–64	Number	280,271	40,461	321,421	
	Rate	60.4	48.4	58.7	
65–69	Number	204,005	33,679	238,337	
	Rate	60.3	44.5	57.6	
70–74	Number	81,893	12,654	95,006	
	Rate	29.7	19.7	28.0	
75–79	Number	31,128	3,728	35,007	
	Rate	12.5	7.7	11.8	
80–84	Number	7,823	741	8,594	
	Rate	3.8	2.0	3.5	
85+	Number	1,702	104	1,821	
	Rate	0.8	0.4	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	Number	1,421,712	215,703	1,641,314	
	Crude rate	34.4	25.9	33.1	
	AS rate (A)	34.2	25.9	32.9	
	95% CI	34.1–34.3	25.8–26.0	32.8–32.9	
Ages 50–69 years	Number	1,099,997	170,600	1,273,402	
	Crude rate	57.0	45.2	55.2	
	AS rate (A)	56.7	45.1	54.9	
	95% CI	56.6–56.8	44.8–45.3	54.8–55.0	
(a)	Includes women in the ‘not stated’ category for main language other than English spoken at home.
Notes
1.	Period covers 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008.
2. 	Rates are the number of women screened as a percentage of the eligible female population calculated as the average of the 2007 
and 2008 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ estimated resident population and age standardised to the Australian population at 
30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 
Indicator 2	Detection of invasive cancers for 2007
All-size invasive cancers
Table A13: Number of women screened and cases of all-size cancer detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,410	4,145	11,460	2,827	1,823	1,078	119	126	27,988	
	Cases	13	12	36	5	5	4	1	0	76	
45–49	Screened	6,761	5,183	6,943	3,015	1,912	885	184	212	25,095	
	Cases	30	21	26	14	8	1	3	0	103	
50–54	Screened	16,100	12,364	5,964	5,150	2,925	763	927	421	44,614	
	Cases	68	49	35	40	9	3	6	5	215	
55–59	Screened	8,655	2,213	2,781	1,201	561	374	230	168	16,183	
	Cases	56	22	25	8	1	0	1	1	114	
60–64	Screened	5,929	1,071	1,818	542	297	203	93	69	10,022	
	Cases	51	15	19	4	1	3	0	3	96	
65–69	Screened	3,783	610	996	305	150	118	49	44	6,055	
	Cases	30	9	15	3	3	4	0	1	65	
70–74	Screened	802	248	308	82	37	48	14	7	1,546	
	Cases	7	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	21	
75–79	Screened	343	120	207	56	28	22	5	3	784	
	Cases	4	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	13	
80–84	Screened	130	36	94	32	8	8	1	1	310	
	Cases	6	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	13	
85+	Screened	40	18	30	11	3	3	0	0	105	
	Cases	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	48,953	26,008	30,601	13,221	7,744	3,502	1,622	1,051	132,702	
	Cases	265	136	167	81	33	18	11	10	721	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	34,467	16,258	11,559	7,198	3,933	1,458	1,299	702	76,874	
	Cases	205	95	94	55	14	10	7	10	490	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A14: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	20.3	29.0	31.4	17.7	27.4	37.1	84.0	0.0	27.2	
45–49	44.4	40.5	37.4	46.4	41.8	11.3	163.0	0.0	41.0	
50–54	42.2	39.6	58.7	77.7	30.8	39.3	64.7	118.8	48.2	
55–59	64.7	99.4	89.9	66.6	17.8	0.0	43.5	59.5	70.4	
60–64	86.0	140.1	104.5	73.8	33.7	147.8	0.0	434.8	95.8	
65–69	79.3	147.5	150.6	98.4	200.0	339.0	0.0	227.3	107.3	
70–74	87.3	161.3	194.8	122.0	540.5	208.3	0.0	0.0	135.8	
75–79	116.6	0.0	48.3	714.3	1428.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	165.8	
80–84	461.5	555.6	319.1	0.0	0.0	2500.0	0.0	0.0	419.4	
85+	0.0	1111.1	333.3	1818.2	0.0	0.0	. .	0.0	476.2	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	54.1	52.3	54.6	61.3	42.6	51.4	67.8	95.1	54.3	
AS rate	66.6	98.1	93.9	88.4	109.2	115.6	. .	159.0	79.2	
95% CI	57.8–76.2	74.9–124.5	75.3–114.8	58.8–123.2	52.9–182.2	56.8–199.3	. .	. .	71.9–86.9	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	59.5	58.4	81.3	76.4	35.6	68.6	53.9	142.5	63.7	
AS rate	66.6	102.2	96.3	77.5	59.6	112.3	30.1	203.4	77.7	
95% CI	57.2–77.1	75.4–133.5	75.7–120.4	48.1–113.3	18.9–120.5	48.0–215.9	7.7–69.9	71.4–416.1	69.8–86.0	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A15: Number of women screened and cases of all-size invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,551	1,060	8,799	1,822	1,209	774	4	94	15,313	
	Cases	1	1	13	4	3	1	0	0	23	
45–49	Screened	8,380	4,939	22,838	5,864	4,250	2,295	425	368	49,359	
	Cases	24	12	57	20	5	9	1	1	129	
50–54	Screened	43,195	29,867	31,151	14,107	11,036	3,489	2,069	855	135,769	
	Cases	128	86	102	35	37	9	6	4	407	
55–59	Screened	51,545	41,333	34,809	16,631	14,351	4,424	3,188	1,033	167,314	
	Cases	188	165	146	61	56	13	11	2	642	
60–64	Screened	47,571	38,238	29,869	14,049	13,006	3,905	2,610	715	149,963	
	Cases	220	193	179	65	78	19	15	3	772	
65–69	Screened	36,566	28,817	22,225	11,183	9,945	2,996	1,802	448	113,982	
	Cases	194	165	110	73	48	15	11	1	617	
70–74	Screened	6,933	17,190	15,884	2,916	3,506	2,055	393	49	48,926	
	Cases	48	111	120	24	26	12	4	0	345	
75–79	Screened	3,264	6,745	4,925	1,357	1,810	458	155	17	18,731	
	Cases	26	39	46	8	17	1	0	0	137	
80–84	Screened	1,026	930	1,023	396	555	128	39	5	4,102	
	Cases	13	9	11	5	4	1	0	0	43	
85+	Screened	210	159	278	73	96	15	4	0	835	
	Cases	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	10	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	200,241	169,278	171,801	68,398	59,764	20,539	10,689	3,584	704,294	
	Cases	847	783	785	296	275	80	48	11	3,125	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	178,877	138,255	118,054	55,970	48,338	14,814	9,669	3,051	567,028	
	Cases	730	609	537	234	219	56	43	10	2,438	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A16: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	6.4	9.4	14.8	22.0	24.8	12.9	0.0	0.0	15.0	
45–49	28.6	24.3	25.0	34.1	11.8	39.2	23.5	27.2	26.1	
50–54	29.6	28.8	32.7	24.8	33.5	25.8	29.0	46.8	30.0	
55–59	36.5	39.9	41.9	36.7	39.0	29.4	34.5	19.4	38.4	
60–64	46.2	50.5	59.9	46.3	60.0	48.7	57.5	42.0	51.5	
65–69	53.1	57.3	49.5	65.3	48.3	50.1	61.0	22.3	54.1	
70–74	69.2	64.6	75.5	82.3	74.2	58.4	101.8	0.0	70.5	
75–79	79.7	57.8	93.4	59.0	93.9	21.8	0.0	0.0	73.1	
80–84	126.7	96.8	107.5	126.3	72.1	78.1	0.0	0.0	104.8	
85+	238.1	125.8	36.0	137.0	104.2	0.0	0.0	. .	119.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	42.3	46.3	45.7	43.3	46.0	39.0	44.9	30.7	44.4	
AS rate	40.6	41.4	45.0	42.8	43.5	37.2	41.9	. .	42.1	
95% CI	37.7–43.6	38.2–44.7	41.8–48.4	38.0–48.0	38.4–49.1	29.3–46.5	30.4–56.2	. .	40.7–43.7	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	40.8	44.0	45.5	41.8	45.3	37.8	44.5	32.8	43.0	
AS rate	40.2	42.8	45.4	41.2	44.6	37.2	43.8	33.3	42.3	
95% CI	37.3–43.2	39.4–46.3	41.6–49.4	36.1–46.8	38.8–50.9	28.1–48.3	31.6–59.2	15.8–61.5	40.7–44.1	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers
Table A17: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,410	4,145	11,460	2,827	1,823	1,078	119	126	27,988	
	Cases	4	4	19	1	2	0	0	0	30	
45–49	Screened	6,761	5,183	6,943	3,015	1,912	885	184	212	25,095	
	Cases	18	7	8	6	5	0	3	0	47	
50–54	Screened	16,100	12,364	5,964	5,150	2,925	763	927	421	44,614	
	Cases	35	25	18	24	5	1	1	3	112	
55–59	Screened	8,655	2,213	2,781	1,201	561	374	230	168	16,183	
	Cases	33	11	12	5	1	0	1	1	64	
60–64	Screened	5,929	1,071	1,818	542	297	203	93	69	10,022	
	Cases	28	6	8	2	1	3	0	0	48	
65–69	Screened	3,783	610	996	305	150	118	49	44	6,055	
	Cases	18	5	6	2	1	2	0	1	35	
70–74	Screened	802	248	308	82	37	48	14	7	1,546	
	Cases	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	10	
75–79	Screened	343	120	207	56	28	22	5	3	784	
	Cases	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	
80–84	Screened	130	36	94	32	8	8	1	1	310	
	Cases	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	
85+	Screened	40	18	30	11	3	3	0	0	105	
	Cases	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	48,953	26,008	30,601	13,221	7,744	3,502	1,622	1,051	132,702	
	Cases	144	62	72	43	19	7	5	5	357	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	34,467	16,258	11,559	7,198	3,933	1,458	1,299	702	76,874	
	Cases	114	47	44	33	8	6	2	5	259	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A18: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	 6.2	 9.7	 16.6	 3.5	 11.0	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 10.7	
45–49	 26.6	 13.5	 11.5	 19.9	 26.2	 0.0	 163.0	 0.0	 18.7	
50–54	 21.7	 20.2	 30.2	 46.6	 17.1	 13.1	 10.8	 71.3	 25.1	
55–59	 38.1	 49.7	 43.1	 41.6	 17.8	 0.0	 43.5	 59.5	 39.5	
60–64	 47.2	 56.0	 44.0	 36.9	 33.7	 147.8	 0.0	 0.0	 47.9	
65–69	 47.6	 82.0	 60.2	 65.6	 66.7	 169.5	 0.0	 227.3	 57.8	
70–74	 49.9	 80.6	 32.5	 122.0	 540.5	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 64.7	
75–79	 58.3	 0.0	 0.0	 178.6	 714.3	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 63.8	
80–84	 153.8	 555.6	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 1,250.0	 0.0	 0.0	 161.3	
85+	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 909.1	 0.0	 0.0	. .	. .	 95.2	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	29.4	23.8	23.5	32.5	24.5	20.0	30.8	47.6	26.9	
AS rate	36.8	47.5	37.2	49.4	70.5	64.0	. .	. .	40.1	
95% CI	30.3–44.1	31.5–66.9	26.2–50.4	27.0–77.5	24.8–135.1	23.6–135.7	. .	. .	35.0–45.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	33.1	28.9	38.1	45.8	20.3	41.2	15.4	71.2	33.7	
AS rate	37.7	49.2	43.0	46.3	30.8	73.2	15.1	79.0	41.1	
95% CI	30.6–45.7	31.0–71.8	29.8–59.5	24.1–75.1	4.9–75.1	24.3–164.1	-0.4–61.2	7.8–219.6	35.4–47.3	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A19: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,551	1,060	8,799	1,822	1,209	774	4	94	15,313	
	Cases	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	9	
45–49	Screened	8,380	4,939	22,838	5,864	4,250	2,295	425	368	49,359	
	Cases	12	6	32	12	3	4	1	1	71	
50–54	Screened	43,195	29,867	31,151	14,107	11,036	3,489	2,069	855	135,769	
	Cases	77	49	61	19	29	5	4	1	245	
55–59	Screened	51,545	41,333	34,809	16,631	14,351	4,424	3,188	1,033	167,314	
	Cases	120	105	84	43	39	10	7	1	409	
60–64	Screened	47,571	38,238	29,869	14,049	13,006	3,905	2,610	715	149,963	
	Cases	137	120	102	37	44	11	10	2	463	
65–69	Screened	36,566	28,817	22,225	11,183	9,945	2,996	1,802	448	113,982	
	Cases	132	110	72	47	39	11	10	0	421	
70–74	Screened	6,933	17,190	15,884	2,916	3,506	2,055	393	49	48,926	
	Cases	25	80	75	16	18	10	1	0	225	
75–79	Screened	3,264	6,745	4,925	1,357	1,810	458	155	17	18,731	
	Cases	18	19	27	4	11	1	0	0	80	
80–84	Screened	1,026	930	1,023	396	555	128	39	5	4,102	
	Cases	7	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	21	
85+	Screened	210	159	278	73	96	15	4	0	835	
	Cases	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	200,241	169,278	171,801	68,398	59,764	20,539	10,689	3,584	704,294	
	Cases	531	496	463	181	185	54	33	5	1,948	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	178,877	138,255	118,054	55,970	48,338	14,814	9,669	3,051	567,028	
	Cases	466	384	319	146	151	37	31	4	1,538	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A20: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	 6.4	 0.0	 4.5	 11.0	 8.3	 12.9	 0.0	 0.0	 5.9	
45–49	 14.3	 12.1	 14.0	 20.5	 7.1	 17.4	 23.5	 27.2	 14.4	
50–54	 17.8	 16.4	 19.6	 13.5	 26.3	 14.3	 19.3	 11.7	 18.0	
55–59	 23.3	 25.4	 24.1	 25.9	 27.2	 22.6	 22.0	 9.7	 24.4	
60–64	 28.8	 31.4	 34.1	 26.3	 33.8	 28.2	 38.3	 28.0	 30.9	
65–69	 36.1	 38.2	 32.4	 42.0	 39.2	 36.7	 55.5	 0.0	 36.9	
70–74	 36.1	 46.5	 47.2	 54.9	 51.3	 48.7	 25.4	 0.0	 46.0	
75–79	 55.1	 28.2	 54.8	 29.5	 60.8	 21.8	 0.0	 0.0	 42.7	
80–84	 68.2	 64.5	 58.7	 0.0	 18.0	 78.1	 0.0	 0.0	 51.2	
85+	 95.2	 62.9	 0.0	 137.0	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	. .	 47.9	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	26.5	29.3	26.9	26.5	31.0	26.3	30.9	14.0	27.7	
AS rate	25.1	25.6	26.5	26.1	29.3	24.7	28.2	. .	26.1	
95% CI	22.9–27.5	23.2–28.1	24.1–29.1	22.4–30.2	25.1–33.9	18.4–32.5	19.0–40.2	. .	24.9–27.3	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	26.1	27.8	27.0	26.1	31.2	25.0	32.1	13.1	27.1	
AS rate	25.6	26.8	27.0	25.6	30.9	24.4	31.7	13.1	26.7	
95% CI	23.3–28.0	24.2–29.7	24.1–30.1	21.6–30.1	26.1–36.3	17.1–33.6	21.4–45.1	3.5–33.7	25.3–28.0	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Indicator 2	Detection of invasive cancers for 2008
All-size invasive cancers
Table A21: Number of women screened and cases of all-size cancer detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,511	4,021	11,061	2,802	1,847	1,193	350	77	27,862	
	Cases	15	7	37	7	4	3	0	1	74	
45–49	Screened	8,039	4,924	6,777	3,126	1,883	933	480	152	26,314	
	Cases	24	21	31	23	5	4	3	0	111	
50–54	Screened	19,706	11,313	7,637	5,734	5,006	764	802	410	51,372	
	Cases	100	59	60	27	23	5	7	1	282	
55–59	Screened	11,570	2,598	3,414	1,391	656	410	196	207	20,442	
	Cases	75	22	26	13	3	2	1	1	143	
60–64	Screened	9,224	1,379	1,967	665	355	239	102	90	14,021	
	Cases	64	8	16	8	8	3	3	0	110	
65–69	Screened	5,867	741	1,105	323	165	134	41	44	8,420	
	Cases	39	11	15	5	3	2	0	1	76	
70–74	Screened	1,239	228	356	114	62	34	19	8	2,060	
	Cases	15	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	30	
75–79	Screened	559	94	189	57	26	19	3	4	951	
	Cases	11	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	
80–84	Screened	182	50	89	21	11	1	5	2	361	
	Cases	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	
85+	Screened	54	15	32	12	2	1	0	0	116	
	Cases	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	62,951	25,363	32,627	14,245	10,013	3,728	1,998	994	151,919	
	Cases	350	137	195	86	49	19	15	4	855	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	46,367	16,031	14,123	8,113	6,182	1,547	1,141	751	94,255	
	Cases	278	100	117	53	37	12	11	3	611	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A22: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	23.0	17.4	33.5	25.0	21.7	25.1	0.0	129.9	26.6	
45–49	29.9	42.6	45.7	73.6	26.6	42.9	62.5	0.0	42.2	
50–54	50.7	52.2	78.6	47.1	45.9	65.4	87.3	24.4	54.9	
55–59	64.8	84.7	76.2	93.5	45.7	48.8	51.0	48.3	70.0	
60–64	69.4	58.0	81.3	120.3	225.4	125.5	294.1	0.0	78.5	
65–69	66.5	148.4	135.7	154.8	181.8	149.3	0.0	227.3	90.3	
70–74	121.1	263.2	112.4	263.2	322.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	145.6	
75–79	196.8	106.4	158.7	0.0	384.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	168.2	
80–84	384.6	400.0	224.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2000.0	0.0	332.4	
85+	0.0	0.0	312.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	. .	0.0	86.2	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	55.6	54.0	59.8	60.4	48.9	51.0	75.1	40.2	56.3	
AS rate	65.1	86.4	86.4	99.4	120.3	76.8	. .	55.6	74.3	
95% CI	57.8–73.0	65.9–109.7	70.3–104.3	68.3–136.1	70.6–181.7	36.1–134.3	. .	. .	68.2–80.7	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	60.0	62.4	82.8	65.3	59.9	77.6	96.4	39.9	64.8	
AS rate	62.4	80.8	89.3	98.9	117.2	91.9	113.7	62.9	71.7	
95% CI	55.0–70.5	59.8–105.1	71.0–110.3	65.0–140.6	64.3–184.9	41.8–169.2	36.3–235.6	0.7–213.4	65.4–78.5	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A23: Number of women screened and cases of all-size invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,170	1,025	8,889	1,492	1,122	877	6	66	14,647	
	Cases	1	1	17	3	3	2	0	0	27	
45–49	Screened	6,864	4,601	24,003	5,472	4,225	2,572	199	337	48,273	
	Cases	17	10	60	11	13	7	0	0	118	
50–54	Screened	40,098	30,013	33,196	13,723	11,152	3,698	1,788	762	134,430	
	Cases	138	106	123	35	37	8	9	4	460	
55–59	Screened	48,030	39,806	36,631	17,802	15,289	4,537	2,753	957	165,805	
	Cases	189	187	154	82	38	12	15	5	682	
60–64	Screened	46,423	37,797	33,516	16,207	14,998	4,626	2,400	800	156,767	
	Cases	233	211	181	88	89	29	14	3	848	
65–69	Screened	35,072	28,517	24,543	12,246	11,063	3,462	1,574	387	116,864	
	Cases	222	186	176	90	83	23	9	2	791	
70–74	Screened	7,307	11,575	17,115	3,485	3,885	969	389	49	44,774	
	Cases	69	75	95	38	35	5	2	1	320	
75–79	Screened	2,963	3,315	5,533	1,594	1,799	391	135	16	15,746	
	Cases	26	39	39	22	20	4	0	1	151	
80–84	Screened	972	905	1,168	465	601	114	35	6	4,266	
	Cases	10	1	9	6	4	1	0	0	31	
85+	Screened	184	179	316	95	112	20	7	1	914	
	Cases	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	189,083	157,733	184,910	72,581	64,246	21,266	9,286	3,381	702,486	
	Cases	908	817	855	376	322	91	49	16	3,434	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	169,623	136,133	127,886	59,978	52,502	16,323	8,515	2,906	573,866	
	Cases	782	690	634	295	247	72	47	14	2,781	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A24: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	8.5	9.8	19.1	20.1	26.7	22.8	0.0	0.0	18.4	
45–49	24.8	21.7	25.0	20.1	30.8	27.2	0.0	0.0	24.4	
50–54	34.4	35.3	37.1	25.5	33.2	21.6	50.3	52.5	34.2	
55–59	39.4	47.0	42.0	46.1	24.9	26.4	54.5	52.2	41.1	
60–64	50.2	55.8	54.0	54.3	59.3	62.7	58.3	37.5	54.1	
65–69	63.3	65.2	71.7	73.5	75.0	66.4	57.2	51.7	67.7	
70–74	94.4	64.8	55.5	109.0	90.1	51.6	51.4	204.1	71.5	
75–79	87.7	117.6	70.5	138.0	111.2	102.3	0.0	625.0	95.9	
80–84	102.9	11.0	77.1	129.0	66.6	87.7	0.0	0.0	72.7	
85+	163.0	55.9	31.6	105.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	65.6	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	48.0	51.8	46.2	51.8	50.1	42.8	52.8	47.3	48.9	
AS rate	45.6	47.0	46.5	49.5	47.0	41.6	45.7	61.3	46.5	
95% CI	42.5–48.9	43.6–50.6	43.4–49.8	44.5–54.8	41.8–52.6	33.4–51.1	33.6–60.7	27.9–109.9	44.9–48.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	46.1	50.7	49.6	49.2	47.0	44.1	55.2	48.2	48.5	
AS rate	45.2	49.4	49.3	47.6	45.4	41.9	54.8	48.4	47.5	
95% CI	42.1–48.5	45.8–53.3	45.5–53.3	42.3–53.4	39.8–51.5	32.7–52.8	40.1–73.2	26.1–
81.8	45.7–49.3	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers
Table A25: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,511	4,021	11,061	2,802	1,847	1,193	350	77	27,862	
	Cases	8	3	20	3	2	2	0	1	39	
45–49	Screened	8,039	4,924	6,777	3,126	1,883	933	480	152	26,314	
	Cases	12	8	14	12	4	2	1	0	53	
50–54	Screened	19,706	11,313	7,637	5,734	5,006	764	802	410	51,372	
	Cases	54	35	34	15	13	3	3	1	158	
55–59	Screened	11,570	2,598	3,414	1,391	656	410	196	207	20,442	
	Cases	44	14	8	7	2	0	0	0	75	
60–64	Screened	9,224	1,379	1,967	665	355	239	102	90	14,021	
	Cases	40	3	11	4	3	1	1	0	63	
65–69	Screened	5,867	741	1,105	323	165	134	41	44	8,420	
	Cases	29	3	8	1	2	0	0	0	43	
70–74	Screened	1,239	228	356	114	62	34	19	8	2,060	
	Cases	7	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	12	
75–79	Screened	559	94	189	57	26	19	3	4	951	
	Cases	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	
80–84	Screened	182	50	89	21	11	1	5	2	361	
	Cases	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	
85+	Screened	54	15	32	12	2	1	0	0	116	
	Cases	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	62,951	25,363	32,627	14,245	10,013	3,728	1,998	994	151,919	
	Cases	199	70	99	44	27	8	6	2	455	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	46,367	16,031	14,123	8,113	6,182	1,547	1,141	751	94,255	
	Cases	167	55	61	27	20	4	4	1	339	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A26: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	 12.3	 7.5	 18.1	 10.7	 10.8	 16.8	 0.0	 129.9	 14.0	
45–49	 14.9	 16.2	 20.7	 38.4	 21.2	 21.4	 20.8	 0.0	 20.1	
50–54	 27.4	 30.9	 44.5	 26.2	 26.0	 39.3	 37.4	 24.4	 30.8	
55–59	 38.0	 53.9	 23.4	 50.3	 30.5	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 36.7	
60–64	 43.4	 21.8	 55.9	 60.2	 84.5	 41.8	 98.0	 0.0	 44.9	
65–69	 49.4	 40.5	 72.4	 31.0	 121.2	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 51.1	
70–74	 56.5	 87.7	 28.1	 175.4	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 58.3	
75–79	 71.6	 0.0	 105.8	 0.0	 384.6	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 73.6	
80–84	 54.9	 400.0	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 2,000.0	 0.0	 110.8	
85+	 0.0	 0.0	 312.5	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	. .	. .	 86.2	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	31.6	27.6	30.3	30.9	27.0	21.5	30.0	20.1	30.0	
AS rate	36.9	37.5	43.3	46.7	56.9	19.6	. .	. .	38.9	
95% CI	31.5–42.8	25.4–52.0	32.0–56.3	26.6–72.0	24.4–100.1	3.8–46.6	. .	. .	34.6–43.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	36.0	34.3	43.2	33.3	32.4	25.9	35.1	13.3	36.0	
AS rate	38.6	36.8	46.8	42.5	60.1	21.6	35.5	6.8	39.8	
95% CI	32.7–45.2	24.1–52.2	33.6–62.7	22.7–68.9	23.0–111.9	3.6–60.4	–2.0–115.9	0.2–37.8	35.1–44.9	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A27: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,170	1,025	8,889	1,492	1,122	877	6	66	14,647	
	Cases	0	1	11	1	3	1	0	0	17	
45–49	Screened	6,864	4,601	24,003	5,472	4,225	2,572	199	337	48,273	
	Cases	6	3	30	7	9	6	0	0	61	
50–54	Screened	40,098	30,013	33,196	13,723	11,152	3,698	1,788	762	134,430	
	Cases	82	66	70	26	26	3	7	2	282	
55–59	Screened	48,030	39,806	36,631	17,802	15,289	4,537	2,753	957	165,805	
	Cases	110	105	101	53	22	8	8	2	409	
60–64	Screened	46,423	37,797	33,516	16,207	14,998	4,626	2,400	800	156,767	
	Cases	146	132	108	60	65	22	7	0	540	
65–69	Screened	35,072	28,517	24,543	12,246	11,063	3,462	1,574	387	116,864	
	Cases	150	117	118	52	59	16	6	1	519	
70–74	Screened	7,307	11,575	17,115	3,485	3,885	969	389	49	44,774	
	Cases	49	43	56	29	20	1	2	1	201	
75–79	Screened	2,963	3,315	5,533	1,594	1,799	391	135	16	15,746	
	Cases	11	22	28	13	16	2	0	1	93	
80–84	Screened	972	905	1,168	465	601	114	35	6	4,266	
	Cases	7	1	6	2	4	1	0	0	21	
85+	Screened	184	179	316	95	112	20	7	1	914	
	Cases	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	189,083	157,733	184,910	72,581	64,246	21,266	9,286	3,381	702,486	
	Cases	562	491	529	244	224	60	30	7	2,147	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	169,623	136,133	127,886	59,978	52,502	16,323	8,515	2,906	573,866	
	Cases	488	420	397	191	172	49	28	5	1,750	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A28: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	 0.0	 9.8	 12.4	 6.7	 26.7	 11.4	 0.0	 0.0	 11.6	
45–49	 8.7	 6.5	 12.5	 12.8	 21.3	 23.3	 0.0	 0.0	 12.6	
50–54	 20.4	 22.0	 21.1	 18.9	 23.3	 8.1	 39.1	 26.2	 21.0	
55–59	 22.9	 26.4	 27.6	 29.8	 14.4	 17.6	 29.1	 20.9	 24.7	
60–64	 31.4	 34.9	 32.2	 37.0	 43.3	 47.6	 29.2	 0.0	 34.4	
65–69	 42.8	 41.0	 48.1	 42.5	 53.3	 46.2	 38.1	 25.8	 44.4	
70–74	 67.1	 37.1	 32.7	 83.2	 51.5	 10.3	 51.4	 204.1	 44.9	
75–79	 37.1	 66.4	 50.6	 81.6	 88.9	 51.2	 0.0	 625.0	 59.1	
80–84	 72.0	 11.0	 51.4	 43.0	 66.6	 87.7	 0.0	 0.0	 49.2	
85+	 54.3	 55.9	 31.6	 105.3	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 0.0	 43.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	29.7	31.1	28.6	33.6	34.9	28.2	32.3	20.7	30.6	
AS rate	27.6	28.0	28.9	32.2	32.8	26.5	29.1	37.5	29.0	
95% CI	25.3–30.1	25.4–30.8	26.4–31.5	28.2–36.6	28.5–37.6	20.2–34.2	19.4–41.8	9.4–87.3	27.7–30.2	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	28.8	30.9	31.0	31.8	32.8	30.0	32.9	17.2	30.5	
AS rate	28.1	30.1	30.8	31.0	31.6	28.0	33.6	18.0	29.8	
95% CI	25.7–30.8	27.3–33.1	27.8–34.0	26.7–35.7	27.0–36.7	20.7–37.0	22.1–48.8	5.6–42.4	28.5–31.3	
Note: Rates are the number of women with invasive cancers detected per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Indicator 3a	Interval cancer
Table A29: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 0–12 months, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number/ rate	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Number 	34	35	28	6	9	4	0	0	116	
	Rate	7.3	11.7	5.2	3.4	7.6	6.2	0.0	0.0	6.9	
50–59	Number 	36	29	19	12	4	1	1	0	102	
	Rate	6.8	6.0	6.4	6.6	2.9	2.8	4.2	0.0	6.0	
60–69	Number 	12	4	8	0	0	2	0	0	26	
	Rate	6.7	7.7	8.2	0.0	0.0	21.5	0.0	0.0	6.7	
70+	Number 	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	
	Rate	2.1	0.0	13.1	25.0	0.0	43.7	0.0	0.0	7.0	
Ages 40+ years	
	Number	83	68	59	20	13	8	1	0	252	
	Crude rate	6.8	8.0	6.1	5.0	4.8	7.2	3.3	0.0	6.5	
	AS rate	6.4	6.9	7.4	5.4	2.3	13.1	1.8	0.0	6.5	
	95% CI	4.8–8.3	4.2–10.1	5.0–10.3	2.5–9.4	1.1–4.2	2.7–30.9	0.0–10.2	. .	5.4–
7.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Number	48	33	27	12	4	3	1	0	128	
	Crude rate	6.7	6.2	6.9	5.7	2.7	6.7	3.6	0.0	6.1	
	AS rate	6.7	6.8	7.2	3.7	1.6	11.1	2.4	0.0	6.3	
	95% CI	4.8–9.1	3.5–11.0	4.5–10.8	1.9–6.4	0.4–4.2	1.6–34.1	0.1–13.1	. .	5.1–
7.8	
Note: Rates are the number of interval cancers detected per 10,000 women-years and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A30: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 13–24 months, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number/ rate	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Number 	49	49	69	12	14	8	0	1	202	
	Rate	11.0	16.4	13.2	7.6	12.6	13.3	0.0	10.5	12.6	
50–59	Number 	51	69	31	19	13	3	2	0	188	
	Rate	10.2	14.4	10.7	11.6	9.8	8.8	8.9	0.0	11.5	
60–69	Number 	22	13	12	9	1	0	0	0	57	
	Rate	13.3	25.0	12.5	34.2	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.5	
70+	Number 	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	16	
	Rate	22.3	10.0	6.6	31.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.7	
Ages 40+ years	
	Number	132	133	114	42	28	11	2	1	463	
	Crude rate	11.4	15.6	12.1	11.8	10.7	10.5	7.0	4.2	12.4	
	AS rate	12.4	18.0	11.3	20.5	8.7	5.7	3.9	1.4	13.3	
	95% CI	9.9–15.2	13.1–23.5	8.4–14.7	12.3–30.7	3.4–15.7	1.8–11.7	0.5–13.9	0.0–8.0	11.6–15.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Number	73	82	43	28	14	3	2	0	245	
	Crude rate	11.0	15.4	11.2	14.7	9.6	6.9	7.6	0.0	12.2	
	AS rate	11.6	19.1	11.5	21.6	8.9	4.9	4.9	0.0	13.3	
	95% CI	8.8–14.8	13.1–26.1	8.0–15.9	12.3–34.0	2.5–18.4	1.0–14.4	0.6–17.8	. .	11.3–15.4	
Note: Rates are the number of interval cancers detected per 10,000 women-years and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A31: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 0–24 months, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number/ rate	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Number 	83	84	97	18	23	12	0	1	318	
	Rate	9.1	14.0	9.2	5.3	10.0	9.7	0.0	4.9	9.7	
50–59	Number 	87	98	50	31	17	4	3	0	290	
	Rate	8.4	10.2	8.5	9.0	6.3	5.8	6.5	0.0	8.7	
60–69	Number 	34	17	20	9	1	2	0	0	83	
	Rate	9.9	16.3	10.4	16.0	3.8	10.6	0.0	0.0	11.0	
70+	Number 	11	2	6	4	0	1	0	0	24	
	Rate	11.9	5.0	9.9	27.7	0.0	26.6	0.0	0.0	10.8	
Ages 40+ years	
	Number	215	201	173	62	41	19	3	1	715	
	Crude rate	9.0	11.8	9.1	8.2	7.7	8.8	5.1	2.0	9.4	
	AS rate	9.3	12.4	9.4	12.4	5.4	9.7	2.8	0.7	9.8	
	95% CI	7.8–10.9	9.6–15.6	7.4–11.5	8.2–17.5	2.7–8.8	3.4–18.5	0.6–
8.3	0.0–3.7	8.8–
10.8	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Number	121	115	70	40	18	6	3	0	373	
	Crude rate	8.8	10.8	9.0	10.0	6.1	6.8	5.6	0.0	9.1	
	AS rate	9.1	12.9	9.3	12.1	5.2	7.9	3.6	0.0	9.7	
	95% CI	7.4–11.0	9.5–16.9	7.1–12.0	7.5–17.8	1.9–9.8	2.2–18.5	0.7–10.6	. .	8.6–
11.0	
Note: Rates are the number of interval cancers detected per 10,000 women-years and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A32: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 0–12 months, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number/ rate	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Number 	48	17	67	22	13	6	0	0	173	
	Rate	6.8	10.1	7.7	10.0	7.8	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.7	
50–59	Number 	172	140	122	64	47	22	4	2	573	
	Rate	6.3	6.5	6.6	7.2	5.7	9.0	2.8	3.9	6.5	
60–69	Number 	132	125	88	43	40	16	5	1	450	
	Rate	6.0	7.0	6.8	6.3	6.1	8.2	5.0	3.7	6.5	
70+	Number 	61	40	33	12	8	5	1	0	160	
	Rate	6.1	4.9	5.8	9.8	5.0	6.9	6.4	0.0	5.8	
Ages 40+ years	
	Number	413	322	310	141	108	49	10	3	1,356	
	Crude rate	6.2	6.5	6.8	7.4	6.0	8.3	3.5	3.0	6.5	
	AS rate	6.3	7.0	6.8	7.5	6.1	8.4	3.4	3.0	6.6	
	95% CI	5.7–6.9	6.1–8.0	6.0–7.6	6.3–8.8	5.0–7.4	6.2–11.1	1.6–6.4	0.6–
8.9	6.2–
6.9	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Number	304	265	210	107	87	38	9	3	1,023	
	Crude rate	6.2	6.7	6.7	6.8	5.9	8.6	3.7	3.9	6.5	
	AS rate	6.2	6.7	6.7	6.8	5.9	8.6	3.7	3.8	6.5	
	95% CI	5.5–6.9	5.9–7.6	5.8–7.6	5.6–8.2	4.7–7.2	6.1–11.9	1.7–7.1	0.7–11.4	6.1–
6.9	
Note: Rates are the number of interval cancers detected per 10,000 women-years and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A33: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 13–24 months, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number/ rate	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Number 	92	25	104	18	17	4	0	1	261	
	Rate	14.0	14.9	12.3	10.6	12.0	5.9	0.0	7.4	12.5	
50–59	Number 	311	292	241	79	95	32	12	5	1,067	
	Rate	12.8	13.5	13.3	10.6	12.4	14.3	9.2	11.1	12.8	
60–69	Number 	241	241	165	65	69	23	9	4	817	
	Rate	12.3	13.5	12.8	11.6	11.4	13.0	10.0	16.6	12.6	
70+	Number 	109	88	71	10	17	6	1	1	303	
	Rate	12.1	10.9	12.4	10.6	10.7	11.6	6.6	19.8	11.6	
Ages 40+ years	
	Number	753	646	581	172	198	65	22	11	2,448	
	Crude rate	12.7	13.1	12.9	11.0	11.9	12.5	8.5	12.5	12.6	
	AS rate	12.7	13.5	12.9	10.9	11.9	12.5	8.0	13.2	12.6	
	95% CI	11.8–13.7	12.3–14.8	11.9–14.0	9.4–12.7	10.3–13.7	9.6–15.9	5.0–12.1	6.4–23.9	12.1–13.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Number	552	533	406	144	164	55	21	9	1,884	
	Crude rate	12.6	13.5	13.1	11.0	12.0	13.7	9.5	13.0	12.7	
	AS rate	12.6	13.5	13.1	11.0	12.0	13.7	9.5	13.5	12.7	
	95% CI	11.5–13.6	12.4–14.7	11.8–14.4	9.3–13.0	10.2–14.0	10.3–17.8	5.9–14.6	6.0–25.9	12.2–13.3	
Note: Rates are the number of interval cancers detected per 10,000 women-years and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A34: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 0–24 months, by state and territory
Age group (years)	Number/ rate	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Number 	140	42	171	40	30	10	0	1	434	
	Rate	10.3	12.5	10.0	10.3	9.7	6.8	0.0	3.3	10.0	
50–59	Number 	483	432	363	143	142	54	16	7	1,640	
	Rate	9.4	10.0	9.9	8.8	8.9	11.5	5.8	7.3	9.5	
60–69	Number 	373	366	253	108	109	39	14	5	1,267	
	Rate	9.0	10.3	9.8	8.7	8.7	10.5	7.3	9.8	9.4	
70+	Number 	170	128	104	22	25	11	2	1	463	
	Rate	8.9	7.9	9.1	10.1	7.9	8.8	6.5	9.6	8.6	
Ages 40+ years	
	Number	1,166	968	891	313	306	114	32	14	3,804	
	Crude rate	9.3	9.8	9.8	9.0	8.8	10.3	5.8	7.5	9.4	
	AS rate	9.3	10.3	9.8	9.1	8.9	10.3	5.6	7.8	9.5	
	95% CI	8.8–9.9	9.5–11.0	9.2–10.5	8.1–10.1	7.9–
9.9	8.5–12.4	3.8–7.9	4.2–13.2	9.2–
9.8	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Number	856	798	616	251	251	93	30	12	2,907	
	Crude rate	9.2	10.1	9.9	8.7	8.8	11.1	6.4	8.2	9.5	
	AS rate	9.2	10.1	9.9	8.7	8.8	11.1	6.5	8.4	9.5	
	95% CI	8.6–9.8	9.4–10.8	9.1–10.7	7.7–
9.9	7.8–10.0	8.9–13.5	4.4–9.3	4.3–14.8	9.1–
9.8	
Note: Rates are the number of interval cancers detected per 10,000 women-years and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Indicator 3b	Program sensitivity
Table A35: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 0–12 months, by state and territory
Age group years	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–49	80.6	71.1	86.3	90.3	75.7	86.4	100.0	100.0	81.7	
50–59	88.6	89.8	90.6	91.5	95.6	91.3	94.4	100.0	90.5	
60–69	92.6	93.5	92.3	100.0	100.0	86.7	100.0	100.0	93.5	
70+	98.6	100.0	94.2	92.6	100.0	75.0	100.0	. .	96.4	
	Rate	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	88.6	86.6	89.8	92.3	91.5	87.5	96.4	100.0	89.2	
AS rate	89.7	89.4	90.9	94.4	94.8	87.7	97.6	. .	90.8	
95% CI	82.5–97.3	79.4–100.0	82.2–100.0	80.0–100.0	75.0–100.0	64.2–100.0	57.6–100.0	. .	86.5–
95.2	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	90.0	90.5	91.2	93.0	96.2	89.5	95.8	100.0	91.3	
AS rate	90.4	91.5	91.4	95.3	97.6	89.2	96.9	100.0	91.8	
95% CI	81.9–99.6	79.5–100.0	80.7–100.0	77.9–100.0	73.7–100.0	61.7–100.0	58.0–100.0	45.5–100.0	86.6–
97.2	
Note: Rates are the number of screen-detected cancers as a percentage of all cancers (screen-detected and interval cancers) and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.
Table A36: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 0–24 months, by state and territory
Age group years	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–49	74.2	50.6	64.5	82.4	54.9	61.3	100.0	85.7	64.9	
50–59	84.6	72.2	78.6	87.2	83.7	70.0	89.5	100.0	80.0	
60–69	87.3	77.3	82.8	76.9	93.8	86.7	100.0	100.0	84.0	
70+	87.8	95.1	91.5	92.6	100.0	100.0	100.0	. .	91.6	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	83.0	68.5	75.1	85.2	77.3	70.9	93.1	94.1	77.2	
AS rate	84.4	72.9	79.2	83.4	84.5	77.0	95.4	. .	80.2	
95% CI	77.6–91.5	64.7–81.7	71.4–87.4	71.5–96.5	66.3–100.0	55.4–100.0	55.8–100.0	. .	76.4–84.2	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	85.5	73.1	80.0	85.1	85.0	75.6	92.0	100.0	81.0	
AS rate	85.8	74.5	80.5	82.7	88.1	77.4	94.1	100.0	81.7	
95% CI	77.7–94.5	64.7–85.2	71.1–90.7	68.5–98.7	66.1–100.0	52.9–100.0	55.9–100.0	45.5–100.0	77.1–86.6	
Note: Rates are the number of screen-detected cancers as a percentage of all cancers (screen-detected and interval cancers) and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.
Table A37: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 0–12 months, by state and territory
Age group years	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–49	75.1	63.0	74.3	67.6	74.5	64.0	100.0	100.0	73.3	
50–59	85.2	83.6	84.8	84.6	86.6	82.5	91.8	92.0	84.9	
60–69	90.2	87.2	89.4	89.8	90.2	85.8	91.7	93.3	89.2	
70+	91.8	92.6	92.6	89.7	94.2	90.9	91.7	100.0	92.2	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	88.0	86.7	86.8	86.2	88.6	83.8	92.5	93.3	87.3	
AS rate	86.1	82.8	85.6	84.5	86.8	81.8	92.9	94.2	85.4	
95% CI	82.7–89.5	78.2–87.5	81.7–89.6	78.8–90.5	80.5–93.4	71.8–92.7	76.7–100.0	66.2–100.0	83.5–87.3	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	87.9	85.5	87.2	87.2	88.5	84.2	91.7	92.5	87.1	
AS rate	87.4	85.2	86.8	86.9	88.2	83.9	91.8	92.6	86.8	
95% CI	83.7–91.2	81.0–89.6	82.4–91.5	80.7–93.5	81.5–95.2	72.6–96.5	74.3–100.0	64.9–100.0	84.7–88.9	
Note: Rates are the number of screen-detected cancers as a percentage of all cancers (screen-detected and interval cancers) and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.
Table A38: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening round, 0–24 months, by state and territory
Age group years	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–49	61.2	40.8	53.2	71.9	55.9	69.6	100.0	75.0	57.2	
50–59	76.1	62.3	65.2	81.7	68.1	68.6	78.9	76.7	69.8	
60–69	83.4	69.9	74.6	85.3	77.1	76.8	85.9	73.7	77.5	
70+	86.2	79.6	79.9	91.2	83.8	89.3	91.7	66.7	83.1	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	80.1	68.4	69.5	83.7	73.2	75.1	84.8	75.0	74.3	
AS rate	77.4	63.4	68.0	82.4	70.8	73.2	85.3	74.6	71.8	
95% CI	74.4–80.5	60.1–66.8	65.0–71.2	76.7–88.3	65.8–76.1	64.2–83.2	70.4–100.0	52.8–100.0	70.3–73.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	80.0	66.2	69.8	83.5	72.7	72.8	82.6	75.5	73.7	
AS rate	79.4	65.7	69.4	83.3	72.1	72.2	82.0	75.3	73.2	
95% CI	76.0–82.8	62.4–69.0	65.8–73.1	77.3–89.6	66.7–77.8	62.5–83.0	66.5–100.0	52.9–100.0	71.5–75.0	
Note: Rates are the number of screen-detected cancers as a percentage of all cancers (screen-detected and interval cancers) and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.
Indicator 4	Detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) for 2007
Table A39: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Screened	13,171	9,328	18,403	5,842	3,735	1,963	303	338	53,083	
	Cases	10	10	18	12	1	1	0	0	52	
50–59	Screened	24,755	14,577	8,745	6,351	3,486	1,137	1,157	589	60,797	
	Cases	33	27	18	16	4	2	4	0	104	
60–69	Screened	9,712	1,681	2,814	847	447	321	142	113	16,077	
	Cases	26	7	3	2	2	0	0	0	40	
70+	Screened	1,315	422	639	181	76	81	20	11	2,745	
	Cases	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	48,953	26,008	30,601	13,221	7,744	3,502	1,622	1,051	132,702	
	Cases	73	44	39	30	8	3	4	0	201	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	34,467	16,258	11,559	7,198	3,933	1,458	1,299	702	76,874	
	Cases	59	34	21	18	6	2	4	0	144	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A40: Detection rate of DCIS, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	7.6	10.7	9.8	20.5	2.7	5.1	0.0	0.0	9.8	
50–59	13.3	18.5	20.6	25.2	11.5	17.6	34.6	0.0	17.1	
60–69	26.8	41.6	10.7	23.6	44.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.9	
70+	30.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	131.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.2	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	14.9	16.9	12.7	22.7	10.3	8.6	24.7	0.0	15.1	
AS rate	18.6	24.0	14.0	22.0	31.5	8.4	15.1	0.0	18.9	
95% CI	14.1–24.0	13.6–36.9	8.6–20.9	10.5–37.1	6.6–74.1	0.8–26.5	4.1–38.5	. .	15.7–
22.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	17.1	20.9	18.2	25.0	15.3	13.7	30.8	0.0	18.7	
AS rate	19.3	28.8	16.2	24.5	26.2	9.8	19.3	0.0	20.6	
95% CI	14.4–25.2	15.8–45.6	9.5–25.5	10.3–44.7	3.9–67.7	1.2–35.4	5.2–49.3	. .	16.8–
24.8	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of DCIS per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A41: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, subsequent screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Screened	9,931	5,999	31,637	7,686	5,459	3,069	429	462	64,672	
	Cases	8	5	23	4	5	3	0	0	48	
50–59	Screened	94,740	71,200	65,960	30,738	25,387	7,913	5,257	1,888	303,083	
	Cases	84	78	68	44	24	3	2	4	307	
60–69	Screened	84,137	67,055	52,094	25,232	22,951	6,901	4,412	1,163	263,945	
	Cases	90	81	70	47	28	5	3	1	325	
70+	Screened	11,433	25,024	22,110	4,742	5,967	2,656	591	71	72,594	
	Cases	28	51	38	11	11	2	1	0	142	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	200,241	169,278	171,801	68,398	59,764	20,539	10,689	3,584	704,294	
	Cases	210	215	199	106	68	13	6	5	822	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	178,877	138,255	118,054	55,970	48,338	14,814	9,669	3,051	567,028	
	Cases	174	159	138	91	52	8	5	5	632	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A42: Detection rate of DCIS, subsequent screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	8.1	8.3	7.3	5.2	9.2	9.8	0.0	0.0	7.4	
50–59	8.9	11.0	10.3	14.3	9.5	3.8	3.8	21.2	10.1	
60–69	10.7	12.1	13.4	18.6	12.2	7.2	6.8	8.6	12.3	
70+	24.5	20.4	17.2	23.2	18.4	7.5	16.9	0.0	19.6	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	10.5	12.7	11.6	15.5	11.4	6.3	5.6	14.0	11.7	
AS rate	10.7	11.7	11.5	15.3	11.1	6.1	5.4	12.2	11.3	
95% CI	9.2–12.3	10.0–13.7	10.0–13.3	12.5–18.5	8.6–14.1	3.2–10.5	1.9–11.9	3.9–28.6	10.5–12.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	9.7	11.5	11.7	16.3	10.8	5.4	5.2	16.4	11.1	
AS rate	9.7	11.5	11.7	16.2	10.7	5.3	5.1	15.6	11.1	
95% CI	8.3–11.2	9.7–
13.4	9.8–
13.8	13.1–19.9	8.0–14.0	2.3–10.5	1.7–12.0	5.0–36.6	10.2–12.0	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of DCIS per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Indicator 4	Detection of DCIS for 2008
Table A43: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Screened	14,550	8,945	17,838	5,929	3,730	2,126	830	229	54,177	
	Cases	13	15	20	11	1	3	1	0	64	
50–59	Screened	31,276	13,911	11,051	7,125	5,662	1,174	998	617	71,814	
	Cases	37	23	22	16	11	3	1	1	114	
60–69	Screened	15,091	2,120	3,072	988	520	373	143	134	22,441	
	Cases	13	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	28	
70+	Screened	2,034	387	666	204	101	55	27	14	3,488	
	Cases	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	62,951	25,363	32,627	14,246	10,013	3,728	1,998	994	151,920	
	Cases	67	47	46	29	14	7	3	2	215	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	46,367	16,031	14,123	8,113	6,182	1,547	1,141	751	94,255	
	Cases	50	29	25	18	12	4	2	2	142	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.
Table A44: Detection rate of DCIS, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	8.9	16.8	11.2	18.6	2.7	14.1	12.0	0.0	11.8	
50–59	11.8	16.5	19.9	22.5	19.4	25.6	10.0	16.2	15.9	
60–69	8.6	28.3	9.8	20.2	19.2	26.8	69.9	74.6	12.5	
70+	19.7	77.5	15.0	0.0	99.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	10.6	18.5	14.1	20.4	14.0	18.8	15.0	20.1	14.2	
AS rate	11.0	25.6	14.8	19.3	23.5	22.4	30.2	32.9	14.9	
95% CI	8.3–14.2	15.3–38.3	9.4–21.5	9.4–32.4	5.3–50.7	4.4–54.2	–3.7–112.4	–0.4–131.9	12.5–17.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	10.8	18.1	17.7	22.2	19.4	25.9	17.5	26.6	15.1	
AS rate	10.4	21.7	15.4	21.5	19.3	26.1	36.6	42.1	14.4	
95% CI	7.6–13.8	12.0–34.6	9.3–23.6	9.3–38.9	4.1–42.9	5.1–71.2	–2.6–152.9	–0.5–168.7	11.9–17.2	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of DCIS per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A45: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, subsequent screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	Screened	8,034	5,626	32,892	6,963	5,347	3,449	205	403	62,919	
	Cases	6	7	23	6	3	2	0	0	47	
50–59	Screened	88,128	69,819	69,827	31,525	26,441	8,235	4,541	1,719	300,235	
	Cases	76	81	64	32	26	10	1	3	293	
60–69	Screened	81,494	66,314	58,059	28,453	26,061	8,088	3,974	1,187	273,630	
	Cases	97	99	76	59	26	13	4	3	377	
70+	Screened	11,427	15,974	24,132	5,639	6,397	1,494	566	72	65,701	
	Cases	11	25	45	11	5	1	0	0	98	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	189,083	157,733	184,910	72,580	64,246	21,266	9,286	3,381	702,485	
	Cases	190	212	208	108	60	26	5	6	815	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	169,622	136,133	127,886	59,978	52,502	16,323	8,515	2,906	573,865	
	Cases	173	180	140	91	52	23	5	6	670	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A46: Detection rate of DCIS, subsequent screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–49	7.5	12.4	7.0	8.6	5.6	5.8	0.0	0.0	7.5	
50–59	8.6	11.6	9.2	10.2	9.8	12.1	2.2	17.5	9.8	
60–69	11.9	14.9	13.1	20.7	10.0	16.1	10.1	25.3	13.8	
70+	9.6	15.7	18.6	19.5	7.8	6.7	0.0	0.0	14.9	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	10.0	13.4	11.2	14.9	9.3	12.2	5.4	17.7	11.6	
AS rate	9.7	13.2	11.0	14.4	9.1	12.2	4.4	16.4	11.3	
95% CI	8.2–11.3	11.2–15.4	9.5–12.6	11.8–17.4	6.9–11.8	7.9–17.9	1.4–10.4	6.0–35.7	10.5–12.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	10.2	13.2	10.9	15.2	9.9	14.1	5.9	20.6	11.7	
AS rate	10.1	13.1	10.9	14.8	9.9	13.9	5.7	20.9	11.5	
95% CI	8.6–11.7	11.2–15.1	9.2–12.9	11.9–18.2	7.4–13.0	8.8–20.9	1.8–13.3	7.6–45.6	10.7–12.4	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of DCIS per 10,000 women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Indicator 5	Recall to assessment for 2007
Table A47: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,410	4,145	11,460	2,827	1,823	1,078	119	126	27,988	
	Cases	571	479	1,216	265	68	128	12	17	2,756	
45–49	Screened	6,761	5,183	6,943	3,015	1,912	885	184	212	25,095	
	Cases	641	679	838	353	104	117	25	27	2,784	
50–54	Screened	16,100	12,364	5,964	5,150	2,925	763	927	421	44,614	
	Cases	1,596	1,622	725	521	160	98	75	67	4,864	
55–59	Screened	8,655	2,213	2,781	1,201	561	374	230	168	16,183	
	Cases	745	333	324	118	40	36	26	18	1,640	
60–64	Screened	5,929	1,071	1,818	542	297	203	93	69	10,022	
	Cases	473	127	201	40	16	26	4	7	894	
65–69	Screened	3,783	610	997	305	150	118	49	44	6,056	
	Cases	305	73	108	30	13	15	5	4	553	
70–74	Screened	802	248	308	82	37	48	14	7	1,546	
	Cases	66	25	30	5	7	6	0	0	139	
75–79	Screened	343	120	207	56	28	22	5	3	784	
	Cases	26	13	19	7	4	3	0	0	72	
80–84	Screened	130	36	94	32	8	8	1	1	310	
	Cases	16	7	15	1	0	2	0	0	41	
85+	Screened	40	18	30	11	3	3	0	0	105	
	Cases	0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	11	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	48,953	26,008	30,602	13,221	7,744	3,502	1,622	1,051	132,703	
	Cases	4,439	3,362	3,479	1,343	412	432	147	140	13,754	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	34,467	16,258	11,560	7,198	3,933	1,458	1,299	702	76,875	
	Cases	3,119	2,155	1,358	709	229	175	110	96	7,951	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A48: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	8.9	11.6	10.6	9.4	3.7	11.9	10.1	13.5	9.8	
45–49	9.5	13.1	12.1	11.7	5.4	13.2	13.6	12.7	11.1	
50–54	9.9	13.1	12.2	10.1	5.5	12.8	8.1	15.9	10.9	
55–59	8.6	15.0	11.7	9.8	7.1	9.6	11.3	10.7	10.1	
60–64	8.0	11.9	11.1	7.4	5.4	12.8	4.3	10.1	8.9	
65–69	8.1	12.0	10.8	9.8	8.7	12.7	10.2	9.1	9.1	
70–74	8.2	10.1	9.7	6.1	18.9	12.5	0.0	0.0	9.0	
75–79	7.6	10.8	9.2	12.5	14.3	13.6	0.0	0.0	9.2	
80–84	12.3	19.4	16.0	3.1	0.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	13.2	
85+	0.0	22.2	10.0	27.3	0.0	33.3	. .	. .	10.5	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	9.1	12.9	11.4	10.2	5.3	12.3	9.1	13.3	10.4	
AS rate	8.7	12.9	11.4	9.4	7.1	12.2	. .	. .	9.9	
95% CI	8.4–9.0	12.1–13.6	10.8–12.0	8.5–10.3	5.8–8.4	10.5–14.0	. .	. .	9.7–10.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	9.0	13.3	11.7	9.8	5.8	12.0	8.5	13.7	10.3	
AS rate	8.7	13.1	11.5	9.3	6.5	11.9	8.4	11.7	9.8	
95% CI	8.4–9.0	12.2–14.0	10.8–12.2	8.3–10.4	5.3–7.9	9.9–14.1	6.1–11.0	8.8–15.1	9.6–10.1	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A49: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,551	1,060	8,799	1,822	1,209	774	4	94	15,313	
	Cases	92	63	487	79	27	52	0	10	810	
45–49	Screened	8,380	4,939	22,838	5,864	4,250	2,295	425	368	49,359	
	Cases	472	317	1,364	254	103	184	21	28	2,743	
50–54	Screened	43,195	29,867	31,151	14,107	11,036	3,489	2,069	855	135,769	
	Cases	1,916	1,525	1,587	497	232	176	75	51	6,059	
55–59	Screened	51,545	41,333	34,809	16,631	14,351	4,424	3,188	1,033	167,314	
	Cases	2,069	1,719	1,565	443	281	203	93	31	6,404	
60–64	Screened	47,571	38,238	29,870	14,049	13,006	3,905	2,610	715	149,964	
	Cases	1,889	1,578	1,399	359	259	159	74	22	5,739	
65–69	Screened	36,566	28,817	22,223	11,183	9,945	2,996	1,802	448	113,980	
	Cases	1,392	1,189	1,003	285	213	114	55	15	4,266	
70–74	Screened	6,933	17,190	15,884	2,916	3,506	2,055	393	49	48,926	
	Cases	307	730	681	90	85	89	15	1	1,998	
75–79	Screened	3,264	6,745	4,925	1,357	1,810	458	155	17	18,731	
	Cases	143	300	221	33	53	19	8	0	777	
80–84	Screened	1,026	930	1,023	396	555	128	39	5	4,102	
	Cases	39	53	50	15	15	8	0	0	180	
85+	Screened	210	159	278	73	96	15	4	0	835	
	Cases	8	14	11	2	1	1	0	0	37	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	200,241	169,278	171,800	68,398	59,764	20,539	10,689	3,584	704,293	
	Cases	8,327	7,488	8,368	2,057	1,269	1,005	341	158	29,013	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	178,877	138,255	118,053	55,970	48,338	14,814	9,669	3,051	567,027	
	Cases	7,266	6,011	5,554	1,584	985	652	297	119	22,468	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A50: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	5.9	5.9	5.5	4.3	2.2	6.7	0.0	10.6	5.3	
45–49	5.6	6.4	6.0	4.3	2.4	8.0	4.9	7.6	5.6	
50–54	4.4	5.1	5.1	3.5	2.1	5.0	3.6	6.0	4.5	
55–59	4.0	4.2	4.5	2.7	2.0	4.6	2.9	3.0	3.8	
60–64	4.0	4.1	4.7	2.6	2.0	4.1	2.8	3.1	3.8	
65–69	3.8	4.1	4.5	2.5	2.1	3.8	3.1	3.3	3.7	
70–74	4.4	4.2	4.3	3.1	2.4	4.3	3.8	2.0	4.1	
75–79	4.4	4.4	4.5	2.4	2.9	4.1	5.2	0.0	4.1	
80–84	3.8	5.7	4.9	3.8	2.7	6.3	0.0	0.0	4.4	
85+	3.8	8.8	4.0	2.7	1.0	6.7	0.0	. .	4.4	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	4.2	4.4	4.9	3.0	2.1	4.9	3.2	4.4	4.1	
AS rate	4.3	4.7	4.8	3.1	2.1	4.9	3.2	. .	4.2	
95% CI	4.2–4.4	4.5–4.8	4.7–4.9	2.9–3.2	2.0–2.2	4.6–5.2	2.8–3.6	. .	4.2–4.3	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	4.1	4.3	4.7	2.8	2.0	4.4	3.1	3.9	4.0	
AS rate	4.1	4.4	4.7	2.9	2.0	4.4	3.1	3.9	4.0	
95% CI	4.0–4.2	4.3–4.5	4.6–4.8	2.7–3.0	1.9–2.2	4.1–4.8	2.8–3.5	3.2–4.7	3.9–4.0	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A51: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,410	4,145	11,460	2,827	1,823	1,078	119	126	27,988	
	Cases	2	50	306	23	0	0	0	0	381	
45–49	Screened	6,761	5,183	6,943	3,015	1,912	885	184	212	25,095	
	Cases	5	63	161	16	0	0	0	0	245	
50–54	Screened	16,100	12,364	5,964	5,150	2,925	763	927	421	44,614	
	Cases	2	80	75	24	0	0	0	0	181	
55–59	Screened	8,655	2,213	2,781	1,201	561	374	230	168	16,183	
	Cases	1	19	37	2	0	0	0	0	59	
60–64	Screened	5,929	1,071	1,818	542	297	203	93	69	10,022	
	Cases	1	10	14	3	0	0	0	0	28	
65–69	Screened	3,783	610	997	305	150	118	49	44	6,056	
	Cases	0	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	16	
70–74	Screened	802	248	308	82	37	48	14	7	1,546	
	Cases	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	11	
75–79	Screened	343	120	207	56	28	22	5	3	784	
	Cases	0	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	12	
80–84	Screened	130	36	94	32	8	8	1	1	310	
	Cases	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	
85+	Screened	40	18	30	11	3	3	0	0	105	
	Cases	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	48,953	26,008	30,602	13,221	7,744	3,502	1,622	1,051	132,703	
	Cases	11	239	619	69	0	0	0	0	938	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	34,467	16,258	11,560	7,198	3,933	1,458	1,299	702	76,875	
	Cases	4	116	135	29	0	0	0	0	284	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A52: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	0.0	1.2	2.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	
45–49	0.1	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	
50–54	0.0	0.6	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
55–59	0.0	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
60–64	0.0	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
65–69	0.0	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
70–74	0.0	2.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	
75–79	0.0	3.3	3.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	
80–84	0.0	2.8	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	
85+	0.0	0.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	. .	. .	1.9	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	
AS rate	0.0	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	. .	. .	0.5	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.8–1.3	1.2–1.6	0.2–0.5	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.4–0.5	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
AS rate	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.6–1.1	0.9–1.3	0.2–0.5	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.3–0.4	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A53: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,551	1,060	8,799	1,822	1,209	774	4	94	15,313	
	Cases	0	6	154	8	0	0	0	0	168	
45–49	Screened	8,380	4,939	22,838	5,864	4,250	2,295	425	368	49,359	
	Cases	2	45	338	24	0	0	0	0	409	
50–54	Screened	43,195	29,867	31,151	14,107	11,036	3,489	2,069	855	135,769	
	Cases	12	135	325	35	0	0	0	0	507	
55–59	Screened	51,545	41,333	34,809	16,631	14,351	4,424	3,188	1,033	167,314	
	Cases	6	113	309	27	0	0	0	0	455	
60–64	Screened	47,571	38,238	29,870	14,049	13,006	3,905	2,610	715	149,964	
	Cases	6	103	256	18	0	0	0	0	383	
65–69	Screened	36,566	28,817	22,223	11,183	9,945	2,996	1,802	448	113,980	
	Cases	1	66	167	14	0	0	0	0	248	
70–74	Screened	6,933	17,190	15,884	2,916	3,506	2,055	393	49	48,926	
	Cases	1	38	90	6	0	0	0	0	135	
75–79	Screened	3,264	6,745	4,925	1,357	1,810	458	155	17	18,731	
	Cases	1	16	56	6	0	0	0	0	79	
80–84	Screened	1,026	930	1,023	396	555	128	39	5	4,102	
	Cases	0	3	19	1	0	0	0	0	23	
85+	Screened	210	159	278	73	96	15	4	0	835	
	Cases	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	200,241	169,278	171,800	68,398	59,764	20,539	10,689	3,584	704,293	
	Cases	30	525	1,720	139	0	0	0	0	2,414	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	178,877	138,255	118,053	55,970	48,338	14,814	9,669	3,051	567,027	
	Cases	25	417	1,057	94	0	0	0	0	1,593	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A54: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	0.0	0.6	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	
45–49	0.0	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	
50–54	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
55–59	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
60–64	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
65–69	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
70–74	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
75–79	0.0	0.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
80–84	0.0	0.3	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	
85+	0.5	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	. .	0.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
AS rate	0.0	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	. .	0.4	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.3–0.4	0.9–1.0	0.2–0.3	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.4–0.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
AS rate	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.3–0.3	0.8–1.0	0.1–0.2	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.3–0.3	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Indicator 5	Recall to assessment for 2008
Table A55: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,511	4,021	11,061	2,803	1,847	1,193	350	77	27,863	
	Cases	630	428	1,305	265	77	157	29	12	2,903	
45–49	Screened	8,039	4,924	6,777	3,126	1,883	933	480	152	26,314	
	Cases	816	641	897	368	75	118	47	35	2,997	
50–54	Screened	19,705	11,313	7,637	5,734	5,006	764	802	410	51,371	
	Cases	1,855	1,461	1,059	595	273	111	96	57	5,507	
55–59	Screened	11,571	2,598	3,414	1,391	656	410	196	207	20,443	
	Cases	916	370	477	132	38	48	17	23	2,021	
60–64	Screened	9,223	1,379	1,967	665	355	239	102	90	14,020	
	Cases	655	150	239	65	25	29	13	10	1,186	
65–69	Screened	5,868	741	1,105	323	165	134	41	44	8,421	
	Cases	405	107	135	37	12	17	5	5	723	
70–74	Screened	1,239	228	356	114	62	34	19	8	2,060	
	Cases	98	24	39	9	8	5	2	2	187	
75–79	Screened	559	94	189	57	26	19	3	4	951	
	Cases	41	9	24	7	2	2	0	0	85	
80–84	Screened	182	50	89	21	11	1	5	2	361	
	Cases	27	11	14	3	0	0	1	0	56	
85+	Screened	54	15	32	12	2	1	0	0	116	
	Cases	4	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	11	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	62,951	25,363	32,627	14,246	10,013	3,728	1,998	994	151,920	
	Cases	5,447	3,202	4,194	1,481	511	487	210	144	15,676	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	46,367	16,031	14,123	8,113	6,182	1,547	1,141	751	94,255	
	Cases	3,831	2,088	1,910	829	348	205	131	95	9,437	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A56: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	9.7	10.6	11.8	9.5	4.2	13.2	8.3	15.6	10.4	
45–49	10.2	13.0	13.2	11.8	4.0	12.6	9.8	23.0	11.4	
50–54	9.4	12.9	13.9	10.4	5.5	14.5	12.0	13.9	10.7	
55–59	7.9	14.2	14.0	9.5	5.8	11.7	8.7	11.1	9.9	
60–64	7.1	10.9	12.2	9.8	7.0	12.1	12.7	11.1	8.5	
65–69	6.9	14.4	12.2	11.5	7.3	12.7	12.2	11.4	8.6	
70–74	7.9	10.5	11.0	7.9	12.9	14.7	10.5	25.0	9.1	
75–79	7.3	9.6	12.7	12.3	7.7	10.5	0.0	0.0	8.9	
80–84	14.8	22.0	15.7	14.3	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	15.5	
85+	7.4	6.7	15.6	0.0	50.0	0.0	. .	. .	9.5	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	8.7	12.6	12.9	10.4	5.1	13.1	10.5	14.5	10.3	
AS rate	8.2	12.8	13.0	10.2	6.4	12.8	. .	. .	9.7	
95% CI	8.0–8.5	12.1–13.5	12.4–13.6	9.3–11.1	5.3–7.5	11.1–4.6	. .	. .	9.5–9.9	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	8.3	13.0	13.5	10.2	5.6	13.3	11.5	12.6	10.0	
AS rate	7.9	13.0	13.1	10.2	6.3	12.8	11.3	11.9	9.5	
95% CI	7.7–8.2	12.2–13.9	12.5–13.9	9.1–11.3	5.1–7.5	10.9–4.9	8.4–14.5	9.1–15.3	9.3–9.7	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A57: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,170	1,025	8,889	1,491	1,122	877	6	66	14,646	
	Cases	45	76	539	68	35	66	0	1	830	
45–49	Screened	6,864	4,601	24,003	5,472	4,225	2,572	199	337	48,273	
	Cases	428	330	1,441	256	109	171	11	20	2,766	
50–54	Screened	40,096	30,013	33,196	13,723	11,152	3,698	1,788	762	134,428	
	Cases	1,848	1,690	1,693	497	252	175	64	42	6,261	
55–59	Screened	48,032	39,806	36,631	17,802	15,289	4,537	2,753	957	165,807	
	Cases	1,882	1,893	1,542	512	288	175	84	38	6,414	
60–64	Screened	46,423	37,797	33,516	16,207	14,998	4,626	2,400	800	156,767	
	Cases	1,775	1,701	1,443	440	305	203	87	31	5,985	
65–69	Screened	35,071	28,517	24,543	12,246	11,063	3,462	1,574	387	116,863	
	Cases	1,364	1,305	1,101	384	252	163	42	16	4,627	
70–74	Screened	7,308	11,575	17,115	3,485	3,885	969	389	49	44,775	
	Cases	297	524	762	126	92	32	13	5	1,851	
75–79	Screened	2,963	3,315	5,533	1,594	1,799	391	135	16	15,746	
	Cases	136	162	241	54	48	21	4	1	667	
80–84	Screened	972	905	1,168	465	601	114	35	6	4,266	
	Cases	39	34	56	17	13	6	2	0	167	
85+	Screened	184	179	316	95	112	20	7	1	914	
	Cases	10	7	10	3	2	1	1	0	34	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	189,083	157,733	184,910	72,580	64,246	21,266	9,286	3,381	702,485	
	Cases	7,824	7,722	8,828	2,357	1,396	1,013	308	154	29,602	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	169,622	136,133	127,886	59,978	52,502	16,323	8,515	2,906	573,865	
	Cases	6,869	6,589	5,779	1,833	1,097	716	277	127	23,287	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A58: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	3.8	7.4	6.1	4.6	3.1	7.5	0.0	1.5	5.7	
45–49	6.2	7.2	6.0	4.7	2.6	6.6	5.5	5.9	5.7	
50–54	4.6	5.6	5.1	3.6	2.3	4.7	3.6	5.5	4.7	
55–59	3.9	4.8	4.2	2.9	1.9	3.9	3.1	4.0	3.9	
60–64	3.8	4.5	4.3	2.7	2.0	4.4	3.6	3.9	3.8	
65–69	3.9	4.6	4.5	3.1	2.3	4.7	2.7	4.1	4.0	
70–74	4.1	4.5	4.5	3.6	2.4	3.3	3.3	10.2	4.1	
75–79	4.6	4.9	4.4	3.4	2.7	5.4	3.0	6.3	4.2	
80–84	4.0	3.8	4.8	3.7	2.2	5.3	5.7	0.0	3.9	
85+	5.4	3.9	3.2	3.2	1.8	5.0	14.3	0.0	3.7	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	4.1	4.9	4.8	3.2	2.2	4.8	3.3	4.6	4.2	
AS rate	4.3	5.2	4.7	3.3	2.2	4.7	3.3	4.7	4.3	
95% CI	4.2–4.4	5.1–5.3	4.6–4.8	3.2–3.5	2.1–2.3	4.4–5.0	2.9–3.8	3.9–5.7	4.3–4.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	4.0	4.8	4.5	3.1	2.1	4.4	3.3	4.4	4.1	
AS rate	4.1	4.9	4.5	3.1	2.1	4.4	3.3	4.4	4.1	
95% CI	4.0–4.2	4.8–5.0	4.4–4.7	2.9–3.2	2.0–2.2	4.1–4.7	2.9–3.7	3.7–5.3	4.0–4.1	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A59: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	6,511	4,021	11,061	2,803	1,847	1,193	350	77	27,863	
	Cases	0	62	286	25	0	0	0	0	373	
45–49	Screened	8,039	4,924	6,777	3,126	1,883	933	480	152	26,314	
	Cases	0	57	149	19	0	0	0	0	225	
50–54	Screened	19,705	11,313	7,637	5,734	5,006	764	802	410	51,371	
	Cases	3	83	109	17	0	0	0	0	212	
55–59	Screened	11,571	2,598	3,414	1,391	656	410	196	207	20,443	
	Cases	5	17	42	7	0	0	0	0	71	
60–64	Screened	9,223	1,379	1,967	665	355	239	102	90	14,020	
	Cases	0	9	22	0	0	0	0	0	31	
65–69	Screened	5,868	741	1,105	323	165	134	41	44	8,421	
	Cases	1	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	18	
70–74	Screened	1,239	228	356	114	62	34	19	8	2,060	
	Cases	0	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	10	
75–79	Screened	559	94	189	57	26	19	3	4	951	
	Cases	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	
80–84	Screened	182	50	89	21	11	1	5	2	361	
	Cases	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	
85+	Screened	54	15	32	12	2	1	0	0	116	
	Cases	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	62,951	25,363	32,627	14,246	10,013	3,728	1,998	994	151,920	
	Cases	9	240	628	72	0	0	0	0	949	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	46,367	16,031	14,123	8,113	6,182	1,547	1,141	751	94,255	
	Cases	9	115	182	26	0	0	0	0	332	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A60: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	0.0	1.5	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	
45–49	0.0	1.2	2.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	
50–54	0.0	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
55–59	0.0	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
60–64	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
65–69	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
70–74	0.0	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	
75–79	0.0	1.1	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
80–84	0.0	2.0	1.1	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	
85+	0.0	6.7	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	. .	. .	1.7	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	
AS rate	0.0	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	. .	. .	0.4	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.7–1.0	1.2–1.6	0.3–0.6	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.4–0.5	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
AS rate	0.0	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.5–0.9	1.0–1.4	0.2–0.6	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.3–0.3	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Table A61: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,170	1,025	8,889	1,491	1,122	877	6	66	14,646	
	Cases	0	13	133	9	0	0	0	0	155	
45–49	Screened	6,864	4,601	24,003	5,472	4,225	2,572	199	337	48,273	
	Cases	1	22	360	28	0	0	0	0	411	
50–54	Screened	40,096	30,013	33,196	13,723	11,152	3,698	1,788	762	134,428	
	Cases	6	132	330	38	0	0	0	0	506	
55–59	Screened	48,032	39,806	36,631	17,802	15,289	4,537	2,753	957	165,807	
	Cases	4	124	263	33	0	0	0	0	424	
60–64	Screened	46,423	37,797	33,516	16,207	14,998	4,626	2,400	800	156,767	
	Cases	7	90	271	19	0	0	0	0	387	
65–69	Screened	35,071	28,517	24,543	12,246	11,063	3,462	1,574	387	116,863	
	Cases	3	70	172	11	0	0	0	0	256	
70–74	Screened	7,308	11,575	17,115	3,485	3,885	969	389	49	44,775	
	Cases	1	26	128	12	0	0	0	0	167	
75–79	Screened	2,963	3,315	5,533	1,594	1,799	391	135	16	15,746	
	Cases	1	17	73	2	0	0	0	0	93	
80–84	Screened	972	905	1,168	465	601	114	35	6	4,266	
	Cases	2	8	21	1	0	0	0	0	32	
85+	Screened	184	179	316	95	112	20	7	1	914	
	Cases	0	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	17	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	189,083	157,733	184,910	72,580	64,246	21,266	9,286	3,381	702,485	
	Cases	25	503	1,766	154	0	0	0	0	2,448	
Ages 50–69 years	
	Screened	169,622	136,133	127,886	59,978	52,502	16,323	8,515	2,906	573,865	
	Cases	20	416	1,036	101	0	0	0	0	1,573	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A62: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA 	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	0.0	1.3	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	
45–49	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	
50–54	0.0	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
55–59	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
60–64	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
65–69	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	
70–74	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
75–79	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	
80–84	0.2	0.9	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	
85+	0.0	0.6	4.7	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
AS rate	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.3–0.4	0.9–1.0	0.2–0.3	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.4–0.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
AS rate	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	
95% CI	0.0–0.0	0.3–0.3	0.8–0.9	0.1–0.2	. .	. .	. .	. .	0.3–0.3	
Note: Rates are number of women recalled for assessment as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data. 

Indicator 6	Rescreening
Table A63: Number of women screened during 2005 and number of those women who returned for screening within 27 months, first screening round, by age, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	5,112	5,665	12,981	3,542	2,384	1,554	12	144	31,394	
	Returned	785	881	8,196	2,077	1,070	850	5	80	13,944	
45–49	Screened	4,196	5,946	7,183	3,370	2,150	1,216	37	194	24,292	
	Returned	1,433	2,140	4,264	2,025	986	626	21	106	11,601	
50–54	Screened	13,078	12,588	8,264	4,880	3,871	911	748	344	44,684	
	Returned	7,725	7,697	4,997	3,161	1,846	464	485	200	26,575	
55–59	Screened	6,422	2,353	3,537	1,198	572	501	210	142	14,935	
	Returned	3,665	1,266	2,171	725	260	268	123	71	8,549	
60–64	Screened	3,610	993	2,181	582	317	235	78	65	8,061	
	Returned	2,141	566	1,462	364	157	123	51	28	4,892	
65–69	Screened	2,316	678	1,391	379	169	164	50	25	5,172	
	Returned	1,040	349	928	192	59	84	25	17	2,694	
70–74	Screened	465	283	448	132	58	40	17	8	1,451	
	Returned	71	112	245	26	17	22	2	0	495	
75–79	Screened	208	188	296	87	42	35	9	8	873	
	Returned	22	27	47	20	9	5	1	2	133	
80–84	Screened	79	95	105	26	25	7	3	6	346	
	Returned	6	8	24	4	6	1	0	1	50	
85+	Screened	22	23	30	14	8	1	2	1	101	
	Returned	2	0	10	3	2	0	0	0	17	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	35,508	28,812	36,416	14,210	9,596	4,664	1,166	937	131,309	
	Returned	16,890	13,046	22,344	8,597	4,412	2,443	713	505	68,950	
Ages 50–67 years	
	Screened	24,682	16,413	14,900	6,920	4,875	1,756	1,071	576	71,193	
	Returned	14,461	9,805	9,247	4,411	2,314	910	683	316	42,147	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A64: Age-specific and age-standardised rescreen rates for women screened during 2005, 
first screening round, by age, state and territory
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	15.4	15.6	63.1	58.6	44.9	54.7	41.7	55.6	44.4	
45–49	34.2	36.0	59.4	60.1	45.9	51.5	56.8	54.6	47.8	
50–54	59.1	61.1	60.5	64.8	47.7	50.9	64.8	58.1	59.5	
55–59	57.1	53.8	61.4	60.5	45.5	53.5	58.6	50.0	57.2	
60–64	59.3	57.0	67.0	62.5	49.5	52.3	65.4	43.1	60.7	
65–69	44.9	51.5	66.7	50.7	34.9	51.2	50.0	68.0	52.1	
70–74	15.3	39.6	54.7	19.7	29.3	55.0	11.8	0.0	34.1	
75–79	10.6	14.4	15.9	23.0	21.4	14.3	11.1	25.0	15.2	
80–84	7.6	8.4	22.9	15.4	24.0	14.3	0.0	16.7	14.5	
85+	9.1	0.0	33.3	21.4	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.8	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	47.6	45.3	61.4	60.5	46.0	52.4	61.1	53.9	52.5	
AS rate	48.6	50.4	61.5	57.0	43.7	51.3	55.2	50.2	53.8	
95% CI	47.7–49.4	48.9–51.9	60.3–62.7	55.0–59.1	41.2–46.3	48.0–54.6	49.2–61.4	43.8–57.2	53.3–54.4	
Ages 50–67 years	
Crude rate	58.6	59.7	62.1	63.7	47.5	51.8	63.8	54.9	59.2	
AS rate	58.5	57.4	63.4	62.5	47.1	52.0	63.6	52.8	59.3	
95% CI	57.5–59.6	55.5–59.2	61.9–64.9	59.9–65.2	44.0–50.3	48.2–56.0	56.7–70.9	45.7–60.6	58.6–60.0	
Note: Rates are the number of women attending for rescreening as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the 
population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A65: Number of women screened during 2005 and number of those women who returned for screening within 27 months, second screening round, by age, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	1,417	898	5,926	1,153	920	459	17	66	10,856	
	Returned	430	283	4,367	854	566	280	14	41	6,835	
45–49	Screened	2,319	3,018	6,408	2,262	1,584	787	72	134	16,584	
	Returned	975	1,522	4,341	1,591	885	484	39	84	9,921	
50–54	Screened	10,774	13,075	6,156	4,391	4,022	804	483	228	39,933	
	Returned	7,384	8,896	4,300	3,270	2,331	469	350	139	27,139	
55–59	Screened	6,957	3,226	3,621	1,788	1,079	442	295	108	17,516	
	Returned	4,605	1,909	2,508	1,209	520	255	196	63	11,265	
60–64	Screened	3,942	1,424	2,219	835	394	246	128	45	9,233	
	Returned	2,663	890	1,636	591	219	149	83	21	6,252	
65–69	Screened	2,753	986	1,528	546	236	136	59	9	6,253	
	Returned	1,347	569	1,109	324	111	76	41	5	3,582	
70–74	Screened	391	501	795	121	54	63	16	8	1,949	
	Returned	79	211	518	33	21	30	6	1	899	
75–79	Screened	174	168	219	88	63	39	6	9	766	
	Returned	35	24	60	22	11	13	0	0	165	
80–84	Screened	56	64	79	37	28	13	4	2	283	
	Returned	13	7	22	5	3	5	2	1	58	
85+	Screened	10	25	32	15	8	2	0	1	93	
	Returned	0	4	12	7	3	0	0	0	26	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	28,793	23,385	26,983	11,236	8,388	2,991	1,080	610	103,466	
	Returned	17,531	14,315	18,873	7,906	4,670	1,761	731	355	66,142	
Ages 50–67 years	
	Screened	23,487	18,391	13,021	7,374	5,660	1,586	948	390	70,857	
	Returned	15,847	12,128	9,205	5,344	3,164	922	667	228	47,505	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A66: Age-specific and age-standardised rescreen rates for women screened during 2005, second screening round, by age, state and territory
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	30.3	31.5	73.7	74.1	61.5	61.0	82.4	62.1	63.0	
45–49	42.0	50.4	67.7	70.3	55.9	61.5	54.2	62.7	59.8	
50–54	68.5	68.0	69.9	74.5	58.0	58.3	72.5	61.0	68.0	
55–59	66.2	59.2	69.3	67.6	48.2	57.7	66.4	58.3	64.3	
60–64	67.6	62.5	73.7	70.8	55.6	60.6	64.8	46.7	67.7	
65–69	48.9	57.7	72.6	59.3	47.0	55.9	69.5	55.6	57.3	
70–74	20.2	42.1	65.2	27.3	38.9	47.6	37.5	12.5	46.1	
75–79	20.1	14.3	27.4	25.0	17.5	33.3	0.0	0.0	21.5	
80–84	23.2	10.9	27.8	13.5	10.7	38.5	50.0	50.0	20.5	
85+	0.0	16.0	37.5	46.7	37.5	0.0	. .	0.0	28.0	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	60.9	61.2	69.9	70.4	55.7	58.9	67.7	58.2	63.9	
AS rate	56.8	57.3	69.6	65.7	51.6	57.4	. .	53.0	62.2	
95% CI	55.9–57.7	56.0–58.6	68.3–70.8	63.8–67.7	49.2–54.1	54.0–61.0	. .	43.9–62.7	61.6–62.8	
Ages 50–67 years	
Crude rate	67.5	65.9	70.7	72.5	55.9	58.1	70.4	58.5	67.0	
AS rate	67.2	63.5	71.3	71.6	54.3	58.0	70.8	55.6	66.8	
95% CI	66.1–68.4	61.8–65.1	69.7–72.9	69.2–74.0	51.4–57.2	53.8–62.3	64.6–77.5	46.1–66.0	66.1–67.5	
Note: Rates are the number of women attending for rescreening as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the 
population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A67: Number of women screened during 2005 and number of those women who returned for screening within 27 months, third and subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory
Age group (years)	Number	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
40–44	Screened	536	132	2,233	411	314	158	44	33	3,861	
	Returned	275	58	1,898	354	237	118	39	27	3,006	
45–49	Screened	4,884	2,050	15,645	3,639	2,759	1,387	723	296	31,383	
	Returned	2,903	1,312	12,518	3,028	1,898	973	598	222	23,452	
50–54	Screened	34,711	17,141	24,048	9,151	8,314	2,988	1,895	564	98,812	
	Returned	26,692	12,656	19,553	7,686	5,622	2,036	1,550	419	76,214	
55–59	Screened	45,440	37,914	30,221	14,983	13,837	4,140	2,854	764	150,153	
	Returned	35,420	28,922	25,059	12,629	9,561	2,745	2,326	576	117,238	
60–64	Screened	40,109	32,788	24,035	12,436	11,851	3,472	2,142	564	127,397	
	Returned	31,799	25,567	20,195	10,661	8,590	2,369	1,796	426	101,403	
65–69	Screened	33,814	26,532	19,220	10,384	10,002	2,923	1,605	230	104,710	
	Returned	19,485	18,923	16,101	7,037	5,727	1,896	993	165	70,327	
70–74	Screened	5,984	20,112	14,498	2,903	3,261	2,073	344	107	49,282	
	Returned	1,962	11,182	10,095	1,443	1,673	991	143	17	27,506	
75–79	Screened	3,360	5,579	4,509	1,155	1,681	393	102	36	16,815	
	Returned	970	965	1,278	592	759	148	47	3	4,762	
80–84	Screened	1,070	781	922	274	416	96	39	20	3,618	
	Returned	268	186	439	129	179	36	14	3	1,254	
85+	Screened	157	128	216	59	56	11	4	4	635	
	Returned	29	33	107	14	22	4	0	1	210	
Ages 40+ years	
	Screened	170,065	143,157	135,547	55,395	52,491	17,641	9,752	2,618	586,666	
	Returned	119,803	99,804	107,243	43,573	34,268	11,316	7,506	1,859	425,372	
Ages 50–67 years	
	Screened	141,200	104,437	90,343	43,221	40,321	12,407	7,918	2,122	441,969	
	Returned	110,369	80,098	75,008	36,696	28,299	8,366	6,504	1,586	346,926	
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Table A68: Age-specific and age-standardised rescreen rates for women screened during 2005, third and subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	(per cent)	
40–44	51.3	43.9	85.0	86.1	75.5	74.7	88.6	81.8	77.9	
45–49	59.4	64.0	80.0	83.2	68.8	70.2	82.7	75.0	74.7	
50–54	76.9	73.8	81.3	84.0	67.6	68.1	81.8	74.3	77.1	
55–59	77.9	76.3	82.9	84.3	69.1	66.3	81.5	75.4	78.1	
60–64	79.3	78.0	84.0	85.7	72.5	68.2	83.8	75.5	79.6	
65–69	57.6	71.3	83.8	67.8	57.3	64.9	61.9	71.7	67.2	
70–74	32.8	55.6	69.6	49.7	51.3	47.8	41.6	15.9	55.8	
75–79	28.9	17.3	28.3	51.3	45.2	37.7	46.1	8.3	28.3	
80–84	25.0	23.8	47.6	47.1	43.0	37.5	35.9	15.0	34.7	
85+	18.5	25.8	49.5	23.7	39.3	36.4	0.0	25.0	33.1	
Ages 40+ years	
Crude rate	70.4	69.7	79.1	78.7	65.3	64.1	77.0	71.0	72.5	
AS rate	68.3	70.0	80.7	79.3	66.4	65.9	76.4	70.0	73.8	
95% CI	67.8–68.8	69.3–70.8	80.2–81.2	78.4–80.1	65.5–67.2	64.5–67.2	74.2–78.6	66.5–73.5	73.5–
74.0	
Ages 50–67 years	
Crude rate	78.2	76.7	83.0	84.9	70.2	67.4	82.1	74.7	78.5	
AS rate	78.1	76.2	83.0	84.8	69.9	67.5	82.2	74.6	78.4	
95% CI	77.6–78.5	75.7–76.8	82.4–83.6	83.9–85.7	69.1–70.7	66.1–69.0	80.2–84.2	71.0–78.4	78.1–
78.6	
Note: Rates are the number of women attending for rescreening as a percentage of women screened and age standardised to the population of women attending a BreastScreen Australia service in 2008.
Source: AIHW analysis of BreastScreen Australia data.

Indicator 7a	Incidence of breast cancer
Table A69: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998
Age group (years)	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
15–19	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	
20–24	11	6	14	8	8	6	13	15	
25–29	51	46	56	58	57	45	51	51	
30–34	180	182	170	196	200	196	178	196	
35–39	400	383	411	401	397	421	444	421	
40–44	720	722	784	780	755	766	760	850	
45–49	857	1,012	1,024	1,137	1,231	1,190	1,165	1,163	
50–54	853	858	978	1,112	1,247	1,184	1,326	1,466	
55–59	801	816	934	1,032	1,143	1,126	1,175	1,259	
60–64	892	790	966	1,108	1,062	1,018	1,086	1,144	
65–69	955	937	994	1,214	1,094	1,057	1,080	1,132	
70–74	795	779	906	1,016	1,025	989	1,028	1,058	
75–79	670	647	692	776	831	739	862	875	
80–84	487	490	466	533	580	577	579	596	
85+	370	366	390	375	418	431	445	493	
All ages	
	8,042	8,034	8,785	9,746	10,050	9,745	10,194	10,722	
Ages 50–69 years	
	3,501	3,401	3,872	4,466	4,546	4,385	4,667	5,001	
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A70: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2006
Age group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	
15–19	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	
20–24	12	5	8	7	7	10	13	9	
25–29	49	56	44	54	46	55	49	56	
30–34	187	189	172	203	186	209	186	188	
35–39	439	443	452	432	477	427	472	473	
40–44	817	843	923	902	914	896	957	981	
45–49	1,149	1,271	1,222	1,321	1,311	1,347	1,432	1,375	
50–54	1,507	1,556	1,654	1,631	1,509	1,623	1,591	1,573	
55–59	1,281	1,429	1,528	1,649	1,678	1,723	1,646	1,737	
60–64	1,241	1,331	1,444	1,412	1,402	1,441	1,471	1,722	
65–69	1,093	1,117	1,164	1,283	1,205	1,256	1,318	1,366	
70–74	993	1,100	1,102	1,040	937	1,023	909	973	
75–79	835	903	903	929	908	880	875	821	
80–84	555	580	618	613	703	679	675	708	
85+	494	522	569	588	561	617	618	631	
All ages	
	10,652	11,347	11,803	12,065	11,845	12,186	12,213	12,614	
Ages 50–69 years	
	5,122	5,433	5,790	5,975	5,794	6,043	6,026	6,398	
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A71: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998
Age group (years)	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	
20–24	1.6	0.9	2.0	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	2.3	
25–29	7.3	6.7	8.2	8.5	8.3	6.4	7.0	7.0	
30–34	25.3	25.1	23.3	26.7	27.4	27.1	24.9	27.6	
35–39	60.2	56.5	59.7	57.5	55.7	57.7	59.8	56.0	
40–44	112.7	112.5	121.1	118.7	113.1	112.8	109.9	121.0	
45–49	170.5	187.9	178.7	190.8	199.7	186.0	181.3	177.9	
50–54	206.5	202.2	225.4	245.4	262.0	238.0	246.8	256.0	
55–59	223.3	222.7	248.6	267.6	289.0	276.3	279.0	290.4	
60–64	241.0	216.3	268.6	310.4	297.7	285.4	298.6	307.1	
65–69	271.9	265.5	279.7	342.5	308.9	298.0	306.6	324.3	
70–74	281.7	266.3	298.5	320.2	317.4	302.4	312.8	319.6	
75–79	297.1	282.4	300.8	340.7	356.0	303.1	336.1	325.5	
80–84	334.9	323.5	294.4	318.8	336.4	326.7	321.9	327.4	
85+	336.3	316.5	320.1	294.1	311.2	304.4	297.9	314.5	
All ages	
Crude rate	92.8	91.5	99.1	108.7	110.7	105.9	109.4	113.9	
AS rate (A)	100.4	98.3	105.3	114.1	115.6	109.3	111.5	114.5	
95% CI	98.2–102.6	96.1–100.5	103.1–107.5	111.9–116.5	113.3–117.9	107.1–111.5	109.3–113.7	112.3–116.7	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	234.5	225.4	254.0	288.1	287.3	271.3	278.7	289.5	
AS rate (A)	230.1	222.0	250.6	282.7	285.2	269.1	277.2	288.4	
95% CI	222.4–238.0	214.5–229.7	242.6–258.7	274.4–291.2	276.9–293.7	261.1–277.2	269.3–285.3	280.4–296.5	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of invasive cancers per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A72: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2006
Age group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	
15–19	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	
20–24	1.9	0.8	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.8	1.2	
25–29	6.7	7.7	6.2	7.8	6.7	8.1	7.2	8.0	
30–34	26.3	26.3	23.3	26.8	24.2	27.2	24.4	25.1	
35–39	57.9	58.6	60.2	58.1	64.7	57.8	63.3	61.7	
40–44	114.4	115.7	123.9	118.5	118.3	115.1	123.2	127.1	
45–49	172.7	188.5	178.8	190.2	185.0	186.0	193.8	182.3	
50–54	252.0	249.7	255.2	251.5	230.2	244.5	236.4	229.7	
55–59	283.0	301.8	308.1	307.7	294.2	290.1	266.8	273.2	
60–64	323.0	335.4	353.9	336.8	325.8	321.5	312.7	349.2	
65–69	315.8	323.7	335.5	361.8	331.3	335.4	341.7	345.6	
70–74	297.9	329.7	329.1	313.1	285.1	314.0	279.5	297.3	
75–79	297.3	313.8	309.2	315.8	305.6	294.1	292.1	273.8	
80–84	303.2	305.3	306.2	290.8	319.4	296.7	286.2	295.5	
85+	297.4	298.0	310.4	311.0	290.3	312.9	297.6	289.8	
All ages	
Crude rate	111.8	117.6	120.7	121.9	118.2	120.2	119.0	121.1	
AS rate (A)	111.2	115.6	117.3	117.2	112.4	113.3	111.2	112.4	
95% CI	109.1–113.3	113.5–
117.8	115.2–119.4	115.2–119.4	110.4–114.5	111.3–
115.4	109.2–
113.2	110.4–114.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	287.6	295.5	304.9	305.1	286.8	290.5	280.8	289.6	
AS rate (A)	286.9	295.2	304.8	304.5	285.8	289.4	279.7	287.7	
95% CI	279.1–294.9	287.4–
303.2	297.0–312.8	296.8–312.3	278.5–293.3	282.1–
296.8	272.7–
286.9	280.6–294.8	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of invasive cancers per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A73: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	
15–19	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	
20–24	15	15	3	3	9	1	0	0	46	
25–29	80	80	46	24	22	4	4	0	260	
30–34	337	247	177	98	67	19	18	9	972	
35–39	759	603	437	206	166	48	39	23	2,281	
40–44	1,573	1,134	917	439	329	129	89	40	4,650	
45–49	2,173	1,687	1,380	731	473	171	121	50	6,786	
50–54	2,571	1,913	1,496	865	665	192	167	58	7,927	
55–59	2,801	2,003	1,659	817	720	226	169	38	8,433	
60–64	2,583	1,689	1,458	725	649	201	107	36	7,448	
65–69	2,161	1,558	1,230	585	590	184	105	15	6,428	
70–74	1,673	1,297	941	399	375	130	58	9	4,882	
75–79	1,573	1,119	750	360	409	125	67	10	4,413	
80–84	1,160	864	571	321	332	86	42	2	3,378	
85+	1,046	835	454	265	303	71	36	5	3,015	
All ages	20,506	15,044	11,521	5,839	5,109	1,587	1,022	295	60,923	
Ages 50–69 years	10,116	7,163	5,843	2,992	2,624	803	548	147	30,236	
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A74: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	n.p.	n.p.	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	n.p.	n.p.	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	n.p.	n.p.	0.0	
15–19	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	n.p.	n.p.	0.1	
20–24	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.9	3.6	1.3	n.p.	n.p.	1.3	
25–29	6.9	9.2	7.0	7.3	9.4	5.8	n.p.	n.p.	7.6	
30–34	26.3	25.4	24.2	26.8	25.4	23.6	27.2	n.p.	25.5	
35–39	61.8	63.5	60.8	55.6	60.5	57.2	62.3	55.9	61.2	
40–44	122.8	118.9	122.4	113.8	112.0	139.1	138.6	103.6	120.5	
45–49	181.9	189.4	198.1	199.3	167.0	190.2	194.7	143.3	187.5	
50–54	235.7	234.1	232.7	258.3	248.8	227.9	286.6	192.6	238.4	
55–59	287.4	275.3	287.4	288.0	295.8	292.8	348.5	176.1	285.5	
60–64	340.0	301.8	333.3	341.1	347.9	331.7	331.1	266.9	329.2	
65–69	336.9	327.9	357.8	337.6	371.3	366.9	437.6	193.2	342.9	
70–74	293.0	307.4	325.2	274.7	260.5	298.3	303.9	n.p.	297.8	
75–79	301.0	289.0	292.1	287.1	294.9	321.3	396.2	288.0	296.2	
80–84	290.1	294.0	292.9	342.8	306.3	280.7	328.0	n.p.	297.3	
85+	296.7	319.7	264.5	308.3	313.7	261.6	351.0	n.p.	299.4	
All ages	
Crude rate	121.1	119.1	117.8	118.2	130.9	129.9	123.2	60.5	120.1	
AS rate (A)	113.1	111.4	114.6	114.9	113.5	114.8	129.2	83.3	113.2	
95% CI	111.6–114.6	109.7–113.1	112.6–116.6	112.0–117.8	110.5–116.5	109.4–120.4	121.5–137.2	72.9–94.6	112.4–114.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	291.8	277.7	292.0	297.9	306.5	295.0	336.1	201.5	290.3	
AS rate (A)	290.0	276.4	291.2	298.2	304.5	292.3	339.6	204.3	289.1	
95% CI	284.3–295.7	270.0–282.9	283.8–298.8	287.6–309.1	292.9–316.4	272.4–313.3	311.6–369.5	171.6–241.4	285.8–292.4	
n.p. not published (permission not granted for the publication of rates calculated from cell counts of less than 10)
Note: Rates are the number of cases of invasive cancers per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A75: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age and geographic region, 
2002–2006
Age group (years)	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very remote	Australia	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	1	0	0	0	0	1	
15–19	2	0	1	0	0	3	
20–24	35	5	3	2	0	46	
25–29	201	40	13	2	4	260	
30–34	710	155	86	15	6	972	
35–39	1,656	394	195	24	12	2,281	
40–44	3,239	905	412	66	29	4,650	
45–49	4,720	1,320	608	103	35	6,786	
50–54	5,485	1,597	696	111	38	7,927	
55–59	5,806	1,769	732	88	38	8,433	
60–64	4,900	1,688	745	86	29	7,448	
65–69	4,225	1,501	630	54	17	6,428	
70–74	3,253	1,140	429	48	12	4,882	
75–79	3,041	978	362	24	9	4,413	
80–84	2,347	752	246	31	2	3,378	
85+	2,112	610	269	16	7	3,015	
All ages	41,733	12,856	5,426	671	238	60,923	
Ages 50–69 years	20,417	6,556	2,803	339	122	30,236	
Note: Because some postcodes cross regional boundaries, totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Table A76: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age and geographic region, 2002–2006 
Age group (years)	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very remote	Australia	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	
20–24	1.4	0.9	1.3	4.5	0.0	1.3	
25–29	8.1	7.3	4.5	4.0	10.0	7.6	
30–34	26.5	22.9	25.0	23.5	15.9	25.6	
35–39	65.1	54.1	54.7	39.5	37.8	61.3	
40–44	126.1	112.3	106.8	110.4	96.4	120.8	
45–49	196.5	172.4	168.1	187.6	136.5	188.0	
50–54	247.3	225.5	208.6	231.0	166.8	238.0	
55–59	299.0	270.7	240.0	216.6	214.1	285.1	
60–64	339.1	320.4	304.7	283.7	231.3	329.7	
65–69	350.9	336.5	313.6	234.3	201.2	341.4	
70–74	304.7	295.9	257.5	266.4	187.3	297.0	
75–79	306.0	287.1	252.1	173.2	185.7	294.9	
80–84	304.8	297.8	234.6	312.2	69.5	296.2	
85+	306.3	273.8	285.2	177.2	250.3	296.0	
All ages	
Crude rate	122.9	122.5	109.0	88.1	57.3	120.1	
AS rate (A)	117.4	107.9	99.9	95.0	76.6	113.2	
95% CI	116.3–118.5	106.1–109.7	97.4–102.5	88.1–102.4	67.0–87.1	112.4–114.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	299.9	280.8	258.6	238.7	198.4	290.3	
AS rate (A)	299.3	277.8	256.4	239.1	199.4	289.1	
95% CI	295.2–303.4	271.1–284.6	247.0–266.1	214.3–266.0	164.8–237.8	285.8–292.4	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of invasive cancers per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001. 
Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database.

Indicator 7b	Incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Table A77: Number of new cases of DCIS, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006
Age group (years)	NSW	VIC	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
0–19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	
20–29	2	8	3	4	1	0	0	0	18	
30–39	76	70	51	25	19	3	4	0	248	
40–49	431	318	291	165	66	22	20	7	1320	
50–59	756	628	487	338	183	68	45	12	2517	
60–69	636	479	433	265	126	42	34	6	2021	
70+	425	337	220	132	82	35	10	1	1242	
All ages	2,326	1,840	1,485	930	477	170	113	26	7,367	
Ages 50–69 years	1,392	1,107	920	603	309	110	79	18	4,538	
Source: AIHW analysis of state and territory cancer registry data.

Table A78: Age-specific and age-standardised rates of DCIS, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
0–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	n.p.	n.p.	0.0	
20–29	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.0	n.p.	n.p.	0.3	
30–39	3.0	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.5	1.8	n.p.	n.p.	3.3	
40–49	17.4	17.2	20.1	21.9	11.4	12.0	15.8	n.p.	17.7	
50–59	36.6	40.7	39.9	54.6	35.8	42.1	42.2	23.2	40.1	
60–69	45.4	46.3	55.4	68.7	36.5	37.9	60.4	n.p.	48.9	
70+	23.0	24.7	24.1	29.3	16.8	25.0	16.9	n.p.	23.6	
All ages	
Crude rate	13.7	14.6	15.2	18.8	12.2	13.9	13.6	5.3	14.5	
AS rate (A)	13.0	13.8	14.7	18.3	10.8	12.2	14.0	7.1	13.8	
95% CI	12.4–13.5	13.2–14.4	14.0–15.5	17.1–19.5	9.9–
11.9	10.5–14.2	11.5–16.9	4.4–
10.6	13.5–
14.1	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	40.2	42.9	46.0	60.0	36.1	40.4	48.4	24.7	43.6	
AS rate (A)	40.1	42.9	46.0	60.2	36.1	40.5	49.3	25.2	43.5	
95% CI	38.0–42.2	40.4–45.5	43.1–49.1	55.5–65.2	32.2–40.3	33.3–48.8	39.0–61.6	14.7–40.2	42.3–
44.8	
n.p. not published (permission not granted for the publication of rates calculated from cell counts of less than 10)
Note: Rates are the number of cases of DCIS per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW analysis of state and territory cancer registry data.

Table A79: Number of new cases of DCIS, by age, 1996–2006
Age group (years)	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	
0–19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	
20–29	2	10	6	4	2	5	4	4	5	3	2	
30–39	38	45	42	39	52	42	55	38	46	60	49	
40–49	199	224	229	227	237	257	249	250	284	264	273	
50–59	264	313	349	397	447	490	480	480	520	517	520	
60–69	219	247	292	288	305	384	361	378	414	427	441	
70+	161	162	217	189	236	242	221	267	261	270	223	
All ages	883	1,002	1,135	1,144	1,279	1,420	1,370	1,418	1,530	1,541	1,508	
Ages 50–69 years	483	560	641	685	752	874	841	858	934	944	961	
Source: AIHW analysis of state and territory cancer registry data.

Table A80: Age-specific and age-standardised rates of DCIS, by age, 1996–2006
Age group (years)	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	
0–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
20–29	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	
30–39	2.6	3.1	2.9	2.7	3.5	2.8	3.7	2.5	3.1	4.0	3.2	
40–49	15.1	16.8	16.9	16.5	16.9	18.0	17.1	16.9	18.9	17.4	17.9	
50–59	29.2	32.7	34.7	37.8	40.8	42.8	40.5	39.1	41.3	40.1	39.4	
60–69	30.8	34.5	40.5	39.4	41.1	50.9	46.6	47.6	50.3	49.9	49.6	
70+	18.1	17.7	23.1	19.6	23.9	23.9	21.5	25.7	24.8	25.3	20.6	
All ages	
Crude rate	9.6	10.8	12.1	12.0	13.3	14.5	13.8	14.2	15.1	15.0	14.5	
AS rate (A)	10.1	11.2	12.3	12.2	13.2	14.3	13.5	13.6	14.3	14.1	13.5	
95% CI	9.5–10.8	10.5–11.9	11.6–13.0	11.5–12.9	12.5–14.0	13.6–15.1	12.8–14.2	12.9–14.3	13.6–15.1	13.4–14.8	12.9–14.2	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	29.9	33.4	37.1	38.5	40.9	46.0	42.9	42.5	44.9	44.0	43.5	
AS rate (A)	29.8	33.4	37.0	38.4	40.9	46.0	42.9	42.5	44.8	43.9	43.4	
95% CI	27.2–32.6	30.7–36.3	34.2–39.9	35.6–41.4	38.0–43.9	43.0–49.2	40.1–45.9	39.7–45.4	42.0–47.8	41.2–46.8	40.7–46.3	
Note: Rates are the number of cases of DCIS per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW analysis of state and territory cancer registry data.

Indicator 8	Mortality
Table A81: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998
Age group (years)	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
15–19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
20–24	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	
25–29	12	3	2	2	5	9	7	9	
30–34	26	39	34	20	25	30	38	26	
35–39	82	76	77	92	55	91	85	67	
40–44	158	135	117	146	119	146	133	126	
45–49	176	209	200	212	214	192	215	199	
50–54	238	218	227	245	226	238	266	260	
55–59	233	216	259	254	254	242	239	227	
60–64	270	235	281	262	283	261	236	255	
65–69	308	280	316	298	320	294	289	244	
70–74	308	291	274	313	298	300	288	274	
75–79	261	259	294	292	286	281	293	295	
80–84	218	217	262	255	261	257	240	243	
85+	234	250	267	277	288	279	274	314	
All ages	
	2,526	2,429	2,611	2,669	2,635	2,620	2,604	2,541	
Ages 50–69 years	
	1,049	949	1,083	1,059	1,083	1,035	1,030	986	
Note: See Appendix C Mortality data section for explanation on changes to the coding and processing of mortality data.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database. 

Table A82: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2007
Age group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
15–19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	
20–24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	
25–29	4	5	2	5	3	6	3	3	7	
30–34	20	27	19	23	27	23	25	15	13	
35–39	63	60	66	68	64	53	49	57	69	
40–44	138	126	127	110	116	113	130	108	98	
45–49	209	188	186	169	186	191	194	150	155	
50–54	253	255	261	294	247	227	268	236	221	
55–59	263	246	258	290	309	304	298	299	285	
60–64	266	237	229	270	285	266	296	288	296	
65–69	215	215	246	254	258	291	252	235	281	
70–74	285	294	309	241	253	259	232	253	254	
75–79	276	280	286	307	316	280	284	267	262	
80–84	227	240	276	282	267	292	301	321	327	
85+	291	347	328	368	379	360	376	391	412	
All ages	
	2,512	2,521	2,594	2,681	2,710	2,665	2,709	2,625	2,680	
Ages 50–69 years	
	997	953	994	1,108	1,099	1,088	1,114	1,058	1,083	
Note: See Appendix C Mortality data section for explanation on changes to the coding and processing of mortality data.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A83: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998
Age group (years)	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
20–24	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	
25–29	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.2	
30–34	3.7	5.4	4.7	2.7	3.4	4.1	5.3	3.7	
35–39	12.3	11.2	11.2	13.2	7.7	12.5	11.4	8.9	
40–44	24.7	21.0	18.1	22.2	17.8	21.5	19.2	17.9	
45–49	35.0	38.8	34.9	35.6	34.7	30.0	33.5	30.4	
50–54	57.6	51.4	52.3	54.1	47.5	47.8	49.5	45.4	
55–59	65.0	59.0	68.9	65.9	64.2	59.4	56.7	52.4	
60–64	73.0	64.3	78.1	73.4	79.3	73.2	64.9	68.5	
65–69	87.7	79.3	88.9	84.1	90.3	82.9	82.0	69.9	
70–74	109.1	99.5	90.3	98.6	92.3	91.7	87.6	82.8	
75–79	115.7	113.1	127.8	128.2	122.5	115.3	114.2	109.7	
80–84	149.9	143.3	165.5	152.5	151.4	145.5	133.4	133.5	
85+	212.7	216.2	219.1	217.2	214.4	197.0	183.5	200.3	
All ages	
Crude rate	29.1	27.7	29.4	29.8	29.0	28.5	28.0	27.0	
AS rate (A)	31.3	29.3	30.8	30.8	29.6	28.7	27.8	26.4	
95% CI	30.0–32.5	28.2–30.5	29.6–32.0	29.6–32.0	28.4–30.7	27.6–29.8	26.7–28.9	25.3–27.4	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	70.3	62.9	71.0	68.3	68.4	64.0	61.5	57.1	
AS rate (A)	68.2	61.2	68.8	66.7	66.4	62.6	60.6	56.6	
95% CI	64.1–72.6	57.3–65.3	64.7–73.1	62.7–70.9	62.5–70.6	58.8–66.6	56.9–64.4	53.1–60.3	
Note: Rates are the number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A84: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2007
Age group (years)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	
20–24	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	
25–29	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.0	
30–34	2.8	3.8	2.6	3.0	3.5	3.0	3.3	2.0	1.8	
35–39	8.3	7.9	8.8	9.1	8.7	7.2	6.6	7.4	8.7	
40–44	19.3	17.3	17.1	14.5	15.0	14.5	16.7	14.0	12.8	
45–49	31.4	27.9	27.2	24.3	26.3	26.4	26.3	19.9	20.1	
50–54	42.3	40.9	40.3	45.3	37.7	34.2	39.8	34.5	31.6	
55–59	58.1	52.0	52.0	54.1	54.1	51.1	48.3	47.0	44.8	
60–64	69.2	59.7	56.1	64.4	66.2	59.3	62.9	58.4	55.7	
65–69	62.1	62.3	70.9	71.6	70.9	77.6	65.3	59.5	68.9	
70–74	85.5	88.1	92.3	72.5	77.0	79.5	71.3	77.3	75.8	
75–79	98.3	97.3	97.9	104.4	106.3	93.6	94.8	89.0	87.7	
80–84	124.0	126.3	136.8	133.8	121.1	127.2	127.6	134.0	134.7	
85+	175.2	198.1	178.9	194.7	195.4	181.6	181.1	179.6	179.8	
All ages	
Crude rate	26.4	26.1	26.5	27.1	27.0	26.3	26.4	25.2	25.3	
AS rate (A)	25.5	24.7	24.8	25.0	24.7	23.7	23.6	22.2	22.1	
95% CI	24.5–26.5	23.8–25.7	23.8–25.8	24.1–26.0	23.8–25.6	22.8–24.7	23.1–24.1	21.7–22.7	21.5–22.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	56.0	51.8	52.3	56.6	54.4	52.3	51.9	47.9	47.6	
AS rate (A)	55.8	51.7	52.3	56.5	54.1	51.8	51.6	47.4	47.0	
95% CI	52.4–59.4	48.5–55.1	49.1–55.6	53.2–59.9	51.0–57.4	48.8–55.0	49.9–53.4	45.8–49.1	45.3–48.7	
Note: Rates are the number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A85: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age, state and territory, 2003–2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
15–19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	
20–24	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	
25–29	8	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	22	
30–34	30	32	23	12	3	0	1	2	103	
35–39	104	71	54	25	26	8	2	2	292	
40–44	185	152	105	48	47	10	16	2	565	
45–49	310	216	156	80	67	26	16	5	876	
50–54	399	321	205	99	111	34	15	15	1,199	
55–59	493	374	277	143	135	38	25	10	1,495	
60–64	479	342	296	140	112	34	21	7	1,431	
65–69	428	340	267	120	117	26	15	4	1,317	
70–74	440	335	201	107	115	34	16	3	1,251	
75–79	508	383	223	114	123	38	14	6	1,409	
80–84	519	382	256	125	158	45	21	2	1,508	
85+	673	510	301	166	201	46	21	0	1,918	
All ages	4,577	3,467	2,367	1,182	1,216	339	183	58	13,389	
Ages 50–69 years	1,799	1,377	1,045	502	475	132	76	36	5,442	
Note: State refers to the state of usual residence.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A86: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age, state and territory, 2003–2007
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
20–24	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
25–29	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	
30–34	2.4	3.3	3.1	3.3	1.2	0.0	1.5	4.4	2.7	
35–39	8.4	7.4	7.3	6.7	9.5	9.5	3.2	4.8	7.7	
40–44	14.5	15.9	13.8	12.4	16.1	10.9	25.1	5.2	14.6	
45–49	25.5	23.8	21.7	21.4	23.3	28.4	25.5	14.0	23.7	
50–54	36.2	38.7	31.2	29.0	41.2	39.6	25.8	48.2	35.5	
55–59	49.3	49.7	46.1	48.2	53.9	47.6	49.7	43.4	48.9	
60–64	60.4	58.4	63.6	62.7	57.2	53.4	61.1	48.0	60.3	
65–69	65.4	69.9	74.3	66.8	72.0	50.4	60.1	47.4	68.3	
70–74	77.4	79.3	68.7	72.7	80.4	77.8	81.9	57.4	76.2	
75–79	97.3	98.8	85.7	89.5	89.3	97.5	83.0	165.0	94.3	
80–84	126.8	126.0	127.6	129.3	141.8	143.9	156.3	87.4	129.1	
85+	184.1	188.3	167.1	186.1	200.3	163.9	194.0	0.0	183.3	
All ages	
Crude rate	26.8	27.1	23.6	23.5	30.9	27.5	21.8	11.7	26.0	
AS rate (A)	23.4	23.8	22.2	22.2	24.4	22.6	23.3	19.0	23.2	
95% CI	22.8–24.1	23.0–24.7	21.3–23.1	21.0–23.6	23.0–25.8	20.2–25.1	20.0–27.0	13.7–25.5	22.8–
23.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	50.7	51.9	50.2	48.2	54.1	47.0	45.3	46.7	50.7	
AS rate (A)	50.1	51.5	49.8	48.1	53.5	46.6	45.9	46.8	50.3	
95% CI	47.8–52.5	48.8–54.3	46.8–52.9	44.0–52.5	48.8–58.5	39.0–55.3	36.1–57.5	32.3–65.3	48.9–
51.6	
Notes
1.	Rates are the number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
2.	State refers to the state of usual residence.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A87: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age and geographic region, 2003–2007
Age group (years)	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very remote	Australia	
0–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	
15–19	1	0	0	0	0	1	
20–24	1	1	0	0	0	2	
25–29	16	5	1	0	0	22	
30–34	71	20	9	1	2	103	
35–39	187	67	37	0	1	292	
40–44	392	112	49	9	4	565	
45–49	558	218	86	9	5	876	
50–54	788	262	129	15	5	1,199	
55–59	989	330	147	23	6	1,495	
60–64	927	339	144	16	5	1,431	
65–69	831	324	135	16	11	1,317	
70–74	810	278	144	16	3	1,251	
75–79	924	346	123	13	4	1,409	
80–84	1,038	330	127	10	4	1,508	
85+	1,277	420	197	17	6	1,918	
All ages	8,810	3,053	1,327	144	56	13,389	
Ages 50–69 years	3,535	1,256	554	70	27	5,442	
Notes
1.	The Australian Standard Geographical Classification was used to create the above categories.
2.	Because some postcodes cross regional boundaries, totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A88: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age and geographic region, 2003–2007
Age group (years)	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very remote	Australia	
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
20–24	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	
25–29	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	
30–34	2.6	3.2	2.8	1.8	6.6	2.7	
35–39	7.0	9.7	10.9	0.8	3.3	7.7	
40–44	14.8	14.7	13.4	14.6	12.9	14.6	
45–49	22.2	29.1	24.2	15.8	21.0	23.7	
50–54	34.4	38.0	39.4	31.5	23.2	35.5	
55–59	48.3	51.0	48.8	57.0	33.8	48.9	
60–64	59.6	63.3	59.3	52.6	44.1	60.3	
65–69	65.9	73.4	69.1	72.5	141.7	68.3	
70–74	74.2	74.9	92.2	93.7	48.0	76.2	
75–79	90.9	105.2	92.9	93.6	94.9	94.3	
80–84	128.4	131.8	130.2	105.5	136.3	129.1	
85+	176.0	187.9	227.2	207.0	294.4	183.3	
All ages	
Crude rate	24.9	30.2	27.9	19.3	14.3	26.0	
AS rate (A)	22.6	24.8	24.7	22.5	23.8	23.2	
95% CI	22.1–23.1	23.9–25.7	23.4–26.1	18.9–26.5	17.6–31.3	22.8–23.6	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	49.4	54.3	52.0	49.8	46.8	50.7	
AS rate (A)	49.1	53.2	51.5	50.1	51.7	50.3	
95% CI	47.5–50.8	50.3–56.3	47.3–56.0	39.0–63.3	33.7–75.3	48.9–51.6	
Notes
1.	Rates are the number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 30 June 2001.
2.	The Australian Standard Geographical Classification was used to create the above categories (ABS 2001).
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A89: Number of deaths from breast cancer, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
status, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, by age, 2003–2007
Age group (years)	NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT(a)	Australia(b)	
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous		
0–4	0	0	0	
5–9	0	0	0	
10–14	0	0	0	
15–19	0	1	1	
20–24	0	1	2	
25–29	0	14	22	
30–34	1	69	103	
35–39	7	202	292	
40–44	9	377	565	
45–49	11	597	876	
50–54	15	807	1,199	
55–59	15	1,036	1,495	
60–64	18	1,006	1,431	
65–69	16	911	1,317	
70–74	8	846	1,251	
75+	13	3,336	4,835	
All ages	113	9,203	13,389	
Ages 50–69 years	64	3,760	5,442	
(a) 	‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’ and ‘non-Indigenous’ are for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South 
Australia and the Northern Territory only. Data from these jurisdictions are considered to have adequate levels of Indigenous 
identification in death registration data at the time this report was prepared. 
(b)	All women in Australia, which includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, non-Indigenous and women in the ‘not stated’ 
category for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.

Table A90: Age-standardised and age-specific mortality rates for breast cancer, by Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander status, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, by age, 2003–2007
Age group (years)	NSW, Qld, WA, SA and NT(a)	Australia(b)	
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous		
0–4	0.0	0.0	0.0	
5–9	0.0	0.0	0.0	
10–14	0.0	0.0	0.0	
15–19	0.0	0.0	0.0	
20–24	0.0	0.0	0.1	
25–29	0.0	0.6	0.6	
30–34	1.2	2.7	2.7	
35–39	8.9	7.8	7.7	
40–44	13.2	14.1	14.6	
45–49	19.8	23.2	23.7	
50–54	34.6	34.2	35.5	
55–59	47.3	48.4	48.9	
60–64	83.7	60.2	60.3	
65–69	105.2	67.5	68.3	
70–74	76.8	73.8	76.2	
75+	99.5	128.5	130.3	
All ages	
Crude rate	10.0	26.0	26.0	
AS rate (A)	23.4	23.1	23.5	
95% CI	18.8–28.7	22.6–23.6	23.1–23.9	
Ages 50–69 years	
Crude rate	57.2	50.0	50.7	
AS rate (A)	61.2	49.5	50.3	
95% CI	46.9–78.3	48.0–51.1	48.9–51.6	
(a)	‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’ and ‘non-Indigenous’ are for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South 
Australia and the Northern Territory only. Data from these jurisdictions are considered to have adequate levels of Indigenous 
identification in death registration data at the time this report was prepared. 
(b)	All women in Australia, which includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, non-Indigenous and women in the ‘not stated’ 
category for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.
Note: Rates are the number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 women and age standardised to the Australian population at 
30 June 2001.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database.
List of tables
Table A1: Number of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 
2006–2007	1
Table A2: Percentage of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 2006–2007	2
Table A3: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and geographic region, 2006–2007	3
Table A4: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and socioeconomic status, 2006–2007	4
Table A5: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, 2006–2007	5
Table A6: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and main language spoken at home, 
2006–2007	6
Table A7: Number of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 
2007–2008	7
Table A8: Percentage of women participating in BreastScreen Australia, by age, state and territory, 2007–2008	8
Table A9: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and geographic region, 2007–2008	9
Table A10: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and socioeconomic status, 2007–2008	10
Table A11: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and Aboriginal and Torres Strait 
Islander status, 2007–2008	11
Table A12: Participation in BreastScreen Australia, by age and main language spoken at home, 
2007–2008	12
Table A13: Number of women screened and cases of all-size cancer detected, first screening round, 
by age, state and territory, 2007	13
Table A14: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	14
Table A15: Number of women screened and cases of all-size invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007	15
Table A16: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state 
and territory, 2007	16
Table A17: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, 
first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	17
Table A18: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state 
and territory, 2007	18
Table A19: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007	19
Table A20: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by 
age, state and territory, 2007	20
Table A21: Number of women screened and cases of all-size cancer detected, first screening round, 
by age, state and territory, 2008	21
Table A22: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	22
Table A23: Number of women screened and cases of all-size invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008	23
Table A24: Detection rates of all-size invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state 
and territory, 2008	24
Table A25: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	25
Table A26: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, first screening round, by age, state 
and territory, 2008	26
Table A27: Number of women screened and cases of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancer detected, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008	27
Table A28: Detection rates of small (≤15 mm) invasive cancers, subsequent screening rounds, by 
age, state and territory, 2008	28
Table A29: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 0–12 months, state and territory	29
Table A30: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 13–24 months, state and territory	30
Table A31: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first screening round, 0–24 months, state and territory	31
Table A32: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 0–12 months, state and territory	32
Table A33: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 13–24 months, state and territory	33
Table A34: Numbers and age-specific rates of interval cancer in women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 0–24 months, by state and territory	34
Table A35: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first
screening round, 0–12 months, by state and territory	35
Table A36: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, first 
screening round, 0–24 months, by state and territory	35
Table A37: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening rounds, 0–12 months, by state and territory	36
Table A38: Program sensitivity rates for women screened during 2003, 2004 and 2005, subsequent screening round, 0–24 months, by state and territory	36
Table A39: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	37
Table A40: Detection rate of DCIS, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	37
Table A41: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, subsequent screening round, 
by age, state and territory, 2007	38
Table A42: Detection rate of DCIS, subsequent screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	38
Table A43: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	39
Table A44: Detection rate of DCIS, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	39
Table A45: Number of women screened and cases of DCIS detected, subsequent screening round,
by age, state and territory, 2008	40
Table A46: Detection rate of DCIS, subsequent screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	40
Table A47: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic 
reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	41
Table A48: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, first screening round, by age, state 
and territory, 2007	42
Table A49: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic 
reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007	43
Table A50: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by 
age, state and territory, 2007	44
Table A51: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2007	45
Table A52: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and 
territory, 2007	46
Table A53: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2007	47
Table A54: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state 
and territory, 2007	48
Table A55: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic 
reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	49
Table A56: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, first screening round, by age, state 
and territory, 2008	50
Table A57: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, mammographic 
reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008	51
Table A58: Recall to assessment rates, mammographic reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by
age, state and territory, 2008	52
Table A59: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and territory, 2008	53
Table A60: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, first screening round, by age, state and 
territory, 2008	54
Table A61: Number of women screened and women recalled for assessment, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory, 2008	55
Table A62: Recall to assessment rates, other reasons, subsequent screening rounds, by age, state 
and territory, 2008	56
Table A63: Number of women screened during 2005 and number of those women who returned 
for screening within 27 months, first screening round, by age, state and territory	57
Table A64: Age-specific and age-standardised rescreen rates for women screened during 2005, first screening round, by age, state and territory	58
Table A65: Number of women screened during 2005 and number of those women who returned for screening within 27 months, second screening round, by age, state and territory	59
Table A66: Age-specific and age-standardised rescreen rates for women screened during 2005, 
second screening round, by age, state and territory	60
Table A67: Number of women screened during 2005 and number of those women who returned for screening within 27 months, third and subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory	61
Table A68: Age-specific and age-standardised rescreen rates for women screened during 2005, 
third and subsequent screening rounds, by age, state and territory	62
Table A69: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998	63
Table A70: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2006	64
Table A71: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998	65
Table A72: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2006	66
Table A73: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006	67
Table A74: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 
state and territory, 2002–2006	68
Table A75: Number of new cases of breast cancer in women, by age and geographic region,
2002–2006	69
Table A76: Age-specific and age-standardised incidence rates for breast cancer in women, by age 
and geographic region, 2002–2006	70
Table A77: Number of new cases of DCIS, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006	71
Table A78: Age-specific and age-standardised rates of DCIS, by age, state and territory, 2002–2006	71
Table A79: Number of new cases of DCIS, by age, 1996–2006	72
Table A80: Age-specific and age-standardised rates of DCIS, by age, 1996–2006	72
Table A81: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998	73
Table A82: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2007	74
Table A83: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1991–1998	75
Table A84: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 1999–2007	76
Table A85: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age, state and territory, 2003–2007	77
Table A86: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age, 
state and territory, 2003–2007	78
Table A87: Number of deaths from breast cancer in women, by age and geographic region, 
2003–2007	79
Table A88: Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates for breast cancer in women, by age 
and geographic region, 2003–2007	80
Table A89: Number of deaths from breast cancer, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status,
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, by age, 2003–2007	81
Table A90: Age-standardised and age-specific mortality rates for breast cancer, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, by age, 2003–2007	82