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National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 March 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020. AIHW, 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020, AIHW, Canberra.
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This is the second report to monitor the National Cervical Screening Program since it introduced 5-yearly HPV tests in 2017. In 2018–2019, more than 3.1 million people aged 25–74 participated, and in 2019, 9% of all screening HPV tests performed were positive for HPV types that cause cervical cancer. Cervical cancer incidence and mortality remained low at 11 new cases per 100,000 females and 2 deaths per 100,000 females, respectively.
More than 3.1 million people had a screening HPV test
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
799 women aged 25–74 were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016
National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2020