Access to BreastScreen Australia screening services presents an interactive dashboard showing the minimum time it takes women aged 50–74, from the general and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) populations, to drive to a BreastScreen Australia screening service provided at a chosen frequency.
The dashboard presents results by state/territory and selected smaller geographic levels. More detailed analyses and additional geographic levels are featured in charts and data files.
- Cat. no: CAN 158
Findings from this report:
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99.8% of all women and 96% of First Nations women, aged 50–74, can access a service within a 1-hour drive every 2 years
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94% of all women and 89% of First Nations women, aged 50–74, can access a service within a 20-minute drive every 2 years
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BreastScreen Australia runs at least 161 permanent and 664 visiting sites that provide screening mammography services
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In Very remote areas, 1 in 4 women live more than a 1-hour drive from a service open at least every 2 years