BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-2006
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Topic: Cancer screening
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2009) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-2006, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026.
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The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005–2006 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 74024 945 4
- Cat. no: CAN 44
- Pages: 181
Findings from this report:
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In 2005–2006, 1,241,796 women aged 50–69 years participated in BreastScreen Australia
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Participation of women aged 50–69 years increased from 55.7% in 2003–2004 to 56.9% in 2005–2006
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In 2005–2006, participation of Indigenous women aged 50–69 years remained lower than the national rate, at 38.1%
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Detection of invasive breast cancers within BreastScreen Australia increased between 1996 and 2006