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National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019. AIHW, 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019, AIHW, Canberra.
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This is the first report to monitor the National Cervical Screening Program since it introduced 5-yearly HPV tests in 2017. In 2018, among women aged 25–74, 1,795,395 had an HPV test, and 9% of all screening HPV tests performed were positive for HPV types that can cause cervical cancer.
1,795,395 women aged 25–74 had an HPV test in 2018
Screening HPV test positivity was 2% for oncogenic HPV types 16 or 18
Screening HPV test positivity was 7% for oncogenic HPV types other than 16 or 18
757 women aged 25–74 were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2015
National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019