AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2010) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: annual monitoring report 2009 data supplement 2010, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 June 2026.
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The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program annual monitoring report 2009 presented estimated national statistics on key program activity, performance and outcome indicators for people invited to screen in 2008. Using the latest program data to January 2010, this data supplement provides final statistics on participation, documented follow-up procedures, and cancer and bowel abnormality detection outcomes for these people. While this data update provides a larger amount of outcome data, incomplete reporting, particularly histopathology confirmations, still hinders a complete picture of participant outcomes.
The final participation rate for people invited in 2008 was 40.1%
The overall FOBT positivity rate for Australia was 6.6%
The number of recorded colonoscopies as at 31 January 2010 for 2008 invitees who recorded a positive FOBT was 13,729
As at 31 January 2010, 76.3% of those who recorded a positive FOBT underwent a colonoscopy
