Cancer screening programs: quarterly data

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Last updated: 08 Apr 2021

Topic: Cancer screening

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021. Cancer screening programs: quarterly data. Cat. no. CAN 114. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 20 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Cancer screening programs: quarterly data. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

MLA

Cancer screening programs: quarterly data. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 08 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

Vancouver

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer screening programs: quarterly data [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2021 [cited 2021 Apr. 20]. 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) 2021, Cancer screening programs: quarterly data, viewed 20 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/national-cancer-screening-programs-participation

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Cancer screening programs aim to reduce illness and death from selected cancers. This report presents the latest information on the use of Australia’s national bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening programs. It includes quarterly national data on the number of screening tests performed each month, along with screening participation rates for Australia, states and territories, Primary Health Network areas, and smaller local areas across Australia.

Cat. no: CAN 114

Findings from this report:

44% of people aged 50–74 who were invited in 2018–2019 participated in bowel screening
3.1 million people aged 25–74 had a cervical screening test in 2018–2019
468,000 invitations to bowel screening were made in the December quarter 2020
55% of women aged 50–74 participated in BreastScreen Australia in 2018–2019

Notes

April 2021 data updates

Participation

No updates.

Activity

Updated to include activity data to December 2020 (September and December quarters 2020) for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and National Cervical Screening Program.

December 2020 data updates

Participation

Updated to include 2018–2019 data for BreastScreen Australia data, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and National Cervical Screening Program

Activity

Updated to include activity data to June 2020 for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and National Cervical Screening Program.

Data quality statement

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