National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2024
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Topic: Cancer screening
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2024) National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2024, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 June 2026, doi:10.25816/1smm-mp67.
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This is the sixth report to monitor the National Cervical Screening Program since it introduced 5-yearly HPV tests in December 2017. In 2019–2023, there were more than 5 million participants aged 25–74, and in 2023, 7% of screening HPV tests performed were positive for HPV types that cause cervical cancer. In 2020, there were 916 new cases of cervical cancer, and in 2022 there were 204 deaths from cervical cancer.
- ISBN: 978-1-923272-35-4
- DOI: 10.25816/1smm-mp67
- Cat. no: CAN 163
- Pages: 202
Findings from this report:
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More than 5 million cervical screening participants aged 25–74 in 2019–2023
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Cervical screening HPV test positivity was 7% in 2023
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916 females aged 25–74 were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2020
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204 females aged 25–74 died from cervical cancer in 2022