BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018
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Topic: Cancer screening
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 11 September 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018. AIHW, 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018, AIHW, Canberra.
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Around 55% of women in the targeted age group of 50–74 participated in the BreastScreen Australia in 2015–2016 with more than 1.7 million screening. Breast cancer mortality has decreased since BreastScreen Australia began from 74 deaths per 100,000 women aged 50–74 in 1991 to 44 deaths per 100,000 women in 2015.
- ISSN: 2205-4855 (PDF) 1039-3307 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-420-1
- Cat. no: CAN 116
- Pages: 109
Findings from this report:
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In 2015–2016, more than 1.7 million women participated in breast screening. This was 55% of women aged 50–74.
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In 2014, breast cancer was the most common cancer affecting women, with 326 new cases per 100,000 women aged 50–74
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In 2016, 59% of cancers detected through BreastScreen Australia for women aged 50–74 were small (≤ 15 mm)
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In 2015, the mortality rate from breast cancer was 45 deaths per 100,000 women aged 50–74