BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006-2007 and 2007-2008

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Release Date: 13 Aug 2010

Topic: Cancer screening

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 April 2024.

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The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 presents the latest national statistics in the monitoring of BreastScreen Australia, which aims to reduce illness and death resulting from breast cancer through organised screening to detect cases of unsuspected breast cancer in women, thus enabling early intervention.

ISSN: 1039-3307
ISBN: 978-1-74249-043-4
Cat. no: CAN 51
Pages: 105

Findings from this report:

In 2007–2008, 1,641,316 women participated in BreastScreen Australia, of whom 77.6% were aged 50–69 years
Participation of women aged 50–69 years decreased from 56.9% in 2005–2006 to 54.9% in 2007–2008
BreastScreen Australia achieved equitable access to women across geographic regions
Participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women remained lower than non-Indigenous women, at 36%

Preliminary material (119KB PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
  - Symbols
- Summary
  - Participation and rescreening
  - Invasive cancer detection
  - Incidence and mortality
Body section (421KB PDF)
- National comparison table
- Introduction
  - Cancer
    - Breast cancer
  - Screening
    - Breast cancer screening
- Monitoring BreastScreen Australia
  - Performance indicators and objectives
  - Statistical significance
    - Interpretation
    - Terminology
- Indicator 1 Participation
  - Participation
    - Participation trends
    - Participation by age
    - Participation by state and territory
    - Participation by location of residence
    - Participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status
    - Participation by main language spoken at home
- Indicator 2 Detection of invasive cancers
  - Detection of invasive cancers
    - Detection of invasive cancer trends
    - Detection of invasive cancer by age
    - Detection of invasive cancer by state and territory
- Indicator 3 Sensitivity
  - Interval cancers and program sensitivity
    - Indicator 3a Interval cancer rate
      - Interval cancer trends
      - Interval cancer by age
    - Indicator 3b Program sensitivity
      - Program sensitivity trends
      - Program sensitivity by age
      - Program sensitivity by state and territory
- Indicator 4 Detection of ductal carcinoma in situ
  - Detection of ductal carcinoma in situ
    - Detection of DCIS trends
    - Detection of DCIS by age
    - Detection of DCIS by state and territory
- Indicator 5 Recall to assessment
  - Recall to assessment
    - Recall to assessment trends
    - Recall to assessment by age
    - Recall to assessment by state and territory
- Indicator 6 Rescreening
  - Rescreening
    - Rescreening trends
    - Rescreening by age
    - Rescreening by state and territory
- Indicator 7 Incidence
  - Incidence of invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ
    - Indicator 7a Incidence of invasive breast cancer
      - Incidence of invasive breast cancer trends
      - Incidence of invasive breast cancer by age
      - Incidence of invasive breast cancer by state and territory
      - Incidence of invasive breast cancer by geographic region
      - Incidence of invasive breast cancer by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status
    - Indicator 7b Incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ
      - Incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ trends
      - Incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ by age
      - Incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ by state and territory
- Indicator 8 Mortality
  - Mortality
    - Mortality from invasive breast cancer trends
    - Mortality from invasive breast cancer by age
    - Mortality from invasive breast cancer by state and territory
    - Mortality from invasive breast cancer by geographic region
    - Mortality from breast cancer by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status
End matter (232KB PDF)
- Appendixes
  1. Additional data tables
  2. BreastScreen Australia information
    - BreastScreen Australia definitions
    - BreastScreen Australia contact list
    - BreastScreen Australia publications
  3. Data sources and classifications
    - Data sources
      - BreastScreen Australia data
      - Population data
      - Incidence data
      - Mortality data
    - Classifications
      - Age
      - State or territory
      - Geographic region
      - Socioeconomic status
      - BreastScreen Australia classifications
  4. Statistical methods
    - Comparisons and tests of statistical significance
      - Crude rates
      - Age-specific rates
      - Age-standardised rates (ASR)
      - Confidence intervals
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures

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