Indicators

BreastScreen Australia Indicators
NumberProgram performance indicator
Indicator 1Participation
Indicator 2Rescreening
Indicator 3Recall to assessment
Indicator 4Invasive breast cancer detection
Indicator 5Ductal carcinoma in situ detection
Indicator 6aInterval cancers
Indicator 6bProgram sensitivity
Indicator 7aInvasive breast cancer incidence
Indicator 7bDuctal carcinoma in situ incidence
Indicator 8Mortality

Source: BreastScreen Australia data dictionary: version 1.2. Cancer series no. 123. Cat. no. CAN 127. Canberra: AIHW.

National Cervical Screening Program Performance indicators

Screening pathway

Performance indicator

Recruitment

Indicator 1

Participation

Indicator 2

Response to invitation

Indicator 3

Rescreening

Screening

Indicator 4

Screening results

Indicator 5

Correlation of screening results

Screening HPV test performance

Indicator 6

Screening HPV test positivity

Indicator 7

Cervical cancer diagnosed after a low risk screening test result

Indicator 8

Self-collection people positive for oncogenic HPV (not 16/18) who have an LBC test within 6 months

Self-collection

Indicator 9

Self-collection people positive for oncogenic HPV 16/18 who have a colposcopy within 6 months

Indicator 10

Adherence to recommendation for follow-up

Follow-up

Indicator 11

Follow-up results

Indicator 12

Colposcopy rate

Assessment

Indicator 13

Time to colposcopy

Indicator 14

Biopsy rate

Indicator 15

Yield of high-grade abnormalities on biopsy among people who attend colposcopy with higher risk screening results

Indicator 16

Positive predictive value of colposcopy

Indicator 17a

High-grade cervical abnormality detection rate

Diagnosis

Indicator 17b

Cervical cancer detection rate

Indicator 18

Cervical cancers diagnosed by time since last screen

Outcomes

Indicator 19

Incidence of cervical cancer

Indicator 20

Mortality from cervical cancer

Source: Table 5.1 (pg 226) from the National Cervical Screening Program data dictionary: Version 1.1

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Performance indicators
NumberProgram performance indicator
Indicator 1National Bowel Cancer Screening Program participation rate
Indicator 2National Bowel Cancer Screening Program screening positivity percentage
Indicator 3National Bowel Cancer Screening Program diagnostic assessment rate
Indicator 4National Bowel Cancer Screening Program interval between positive screen and diagnostic assessment
Indicator 5aNational Bowel Cancer Screening Program adenoma detection rate
Indicator 5bNational Bowel Cancer Screening Program positive predictive value of diagnostic assessment for detecting adenoma
Indicator 6aNational Bowel Cancer Screening Program colorectal cancer detection rate
Indicator 6bNational Bowel Cancer Screening Program positive predictive value of diagnostic assessment for detecting colorectal cancer
Indicator 7National Bowel Cancer Screening Program interval cancer rate
Indicator 8National Bowel Cancer Screening Program cancer clinico-pathological stage distribution
Indicator 9National Bowel Cancer Screening Program adverse events (hospital admission rate)
Indicator 10National Bowel Cancer Screening Program incidence rate of colorectal cancer
Indicator 11National Bowel Cancer Screening Program mortality rate from colorectal cancer
  • Participation rates for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, Breastscreen Australia and the National Cervical Screening Program. Available data: National - State & Territory - Primary Health Network