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BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2019

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Release Date: 08 Oct 2019
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2019. Cat. no. CAN 128. Canberra: AIHW.

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55% of women in the targeted age group of 50–74 participated in the BreastScreen Australia in 2016–2017, with more than 1.8 million screening.
Breast cancer mortality has decreased since BreastScreen Australia began, from 74 deaths per 100,000 women aged 50–74 in 1991, to 41 deaths per 100,000 women in 2017.

  • ISSN: 2205-4855 (Online)
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-624-3 (Online)
  • Cat. no: CAN 128
  • Pages: 112
Findings from this report:
  • In 2017, the mortality rate from breast cancer was 42 deaths per 100,000 women aged 50–74

  • In 2015, 10,400 women aged 50–74 were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer

  • In 2017, 59% of cancers detected through BreastScreen Australia for women aged 50–74 were small (≤15 mm)

  • In 2016–2017, more than 1.8 million women participated in breast screening. This was 55% of women aged 50–74

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  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018 02 Oct 2018
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2014–2015 03 Oct 2017
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2013–2014 30 Sep 2016
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2012–2013 01 Oct 2015
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012 01 Oct 2014
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2010-2011 25 Oct 2013
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010 17 Oct 2012
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009 06 Dec 2011
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 13 Aug 2010
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-2006 26 Aug 2009
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2004-2005 06 Jun 2008
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2003-2004 18 Apr 2007
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003 03 May 2006
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2001-02 23 Feb 2005
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2000-2001 19 Dec 2003
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 19 Dec 2003

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