National cancer screening programs participation data

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Last updated: 28 May 2020

Author: AIHW

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. National cancer screening programs participation data. Cat. no. CAN 114. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 August 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

APA

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). National cancer screening programs participation data. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

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National cancer screening programs participation data. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 28 May 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

Vancouver

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National cancer screening programs participation data [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2020 Aug. 12]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, National cancer screening programs participation data, viewed 12 August 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

Cancer screening programs aim to reduce illness and death from selected cancers. This report presents the latest cancer screening participation rates and trends for Australia’s 3 national cancer screening programs. Participation rates are presented for Australia, states and territories, the 31 Primary Health Network areas, and for more than 300 smaller local areas (SA2s and SA3s) across Australia. New activity data for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program are also presented.

See the Notes section for information on the latest updates to this web report.

Cat. no: CAN 114

Findings from this report:

The number of NBCSP invites rose steadily from 354,000 in the June quarter 2014 to 891,000 in the September quarter 2019
Over 1 in 2 (55%) of women aged 50–74 participated in BreastScreen Australia in 2017–2018
Around 4 in 10 people (42%) aged 50–74 who were invited in 2017–2018 participated in the NBCSP
The number of NBCSP kits returned was higher for women than men for all quarters between Mar 2014 and Sep 2019

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28 May 2020 -

Summary

Key participation rates and Quarterly activity data

Data for latest period for BreastScreen Australia (2017–2018) and the National Cervical Screening Program (2018) added.

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Key statistics for 2017–2018

Activity data updated

Participation

Participation data

No changes

Activity data

Activity data

July–September 2019 activity data added

BreastScreen Australia

Participation data

Data for latest period (2017–2018) added

National Cervical Screening Program

About the National Cervical Screening Program

Data and information for latest period (2018) added

Participation data

Data for latest period (2018) added. Old cervical data (including PHN and SA3 geography presentations) for previous program removed.

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