Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2006). Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004. AIHW, 2006.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004. Canberra: AIHW; 2006.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2006, Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004, AIHW, Canberra.
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This is the eighth national report monitoring the performance of the National Cervical Screening Program using ten indicators which measure program activity, performance and outcomes. These indicators help measure changes in disease patterns and examine the contribution of cervical screening to preventing or reducing deaths from cancer of the cervix.
- ISSN: 1039-3307
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 603 3
- Cat. no: CAN 28
- Pages: 108
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60.7% of women aged 20–69 years participated in cervical screening in 2003–2004
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In 2004, 14,409 women in the target age group 20–69 years had a high-grade abnormality detected
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There were 555 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in the target age group in 2001 compared with 894 in 1991
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The age-standardised mortality rate for cervical cancer in the target age group was 1.8 deaths per 100,000 women in 2004