National cancer screening programs participation data

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Last updated: 02 Dec 2019

Author: AIHW

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. National cancer screening programs participation data. Cat. no. CAN 114. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 10 April 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). 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, 02 December 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National cancer screening programs participation data [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019 [cited 2020 Apr. 10]. 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) 2019, National cancer screening programs participation data, viewed 10 April 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.

Cat. no: CAN 114

Findings from this report:

The number of NBCSP kits returned was higher for women than men for all quarters between Mar 2014 and Jun 2019
Around 4 in 10 people (42%) aged 50–74 who were invited in 2017–2018 participated in the NBCSP
The PHN with the lowest 2016–2017 BreastScreen Australia participation was Northern Territory with 38%.
The SA3 with the lowest participation in the NBCSP in 2016–2017 was East Arnhem (NT) with 7%

Notes

Pages updated at 2 December 2019 release
Page updated	Section	Changes since previous release
Summary	Key participation rates Quarterly activity data	Data for latest period (2017–2018) added for the NBCSP. Additional information added.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program	Key statistics for 2017–2018	Key statistics for 2017–2018 added.
Participation	Participation data	Latest 2017–2018 data for NBCSP numbers and participation by state/territory, PHN, SA3, and SA2 added in Excel data tables and Tableau data visualisations. CSV file added.
Activity data	Activity data	Newly released data for NBCSP invites issued and completed kits returned added in Excel data tables and Tableau data visualisations.
BreastScreen Australia	Participation Data	Changes to Tableau data visualisation styling (no data updates).
National Cervical Screening Program	About the National Cervical Screening Program Participation data	Text updated. Changes to Tableau data visualisation styling (no data updates).

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