Cervical screening in Australia 1998-1999
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Topic: Cancer screening
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2002) Cervical screening in Australia 1998-1999, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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This report provides a comprehensive national picture of cervical screening in Australia for 1998-1999. It presents most recent information on participation in cervical screening, rate of early re-screening, low-grade and high-grade abnormalities detected, incidence of cervical cancer and mortality. Analysis of incidence and mortality data by location (rural, remote and metropolitan) as well as mortality by Indigenous status are also presented.
- ISSN: 1039-3307
- ISBN: 978 0 642 82088 4
- Cat. no: CAN 11
- Pages: 107
Findings from this report:
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2,777,324 women were screened for cervical abnormalities in the 1998-1999 period
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Between 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 cervical screening participation rates of women 20–69 increased from 63.9% to 64.8%
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Of women screened in February 1998 who had a negative Pap smear result, 43.1% were rescreened in two years or less
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The ratio of histologically confirmed low-grade abnormalities to high-grade abnormalities was 1.4 in 1999