Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003

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Release Date: 25 Nov 2005

Topic: Cancer screening

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005) Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 December 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2005). Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003. AIHW, 2005.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003. Canberra: AIHW; 2005.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2005, Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003, AIHW, Canberra.

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The report presents information on participation in cervical screening, rate of early re-screening, low-grade and high-grade abnormalities detected, incidence of cervical cancer and mortality. Analyses of incidence and mortality data by location (major cities, regional and remote) as well as mortality by Indigenous status are also presented. Where possible, data are also presented by state and territory.

ISSN: 1039-3307
ISBN: 978 1 74024 513 5
Cat. no: CAN 26
Pages: 106

Findings from this report:

From January 2002 to December 2003 there were 3,382,825 women screened for pre-cancerous changes to cervical cells
Participation declined for women 20–44 years and participation improved in women 45–69 years in 2002–2003
In 2003, the NCSP detected 14,745 women in the target age group 20–69 years with high-grade abnormalities
The number of cases of cervical cancer decreased from 1,078 in 1990 to 735 cases in 2001

Preliminary material (207K PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- Summary
Sections
- National cervical screening monitoring indicators (200K PDF)
- Participation
- Indicator 1: Participation rate for cervical screening
- Early re-screening
- Indicator 2: Early re-screening
- Low-grade abnormalities
- Indicator 3: Low-grade abnormality detection
- High-grade abnormalities
- Indicator 4: High-grade abnormality detection
- Incidence (217K PDF)
- Indicator 5.1: Incidence of micro-invasive cervical cancer
- Indicator 5.2: Incidence of squamous, adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous and other cervical cancers
- Indicator 5.3: Incidence by location
- Mortality
- Indicator 6.1: Mortality
- Indicator 6.2: Mortality by location
- Indicator 6.3: Indigenous mortality
- Tables (351K PDF)
End matter (215K PDF)
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A: Cervical cancer-symptoms, detection and treatment
  - Appendix B: Data sources and limitations
  - Appendix C: Methods
  - Appendix D: Population data
  - Appendix E: National Cervical Screening Programs contact list
  - Appendix F: NHMRC guidelines for the management of women with screen-detected abnormalities
- Glossary
- References
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