Cervical screening in Australia 2007-2008

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Release Date: 25 May 2010
Author: AIHW

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This data report uses the previous definition of performance indicators, and supplies up-to-date data, but with no commentary. A full report using the new definitions of the performance indicators (for 2008-2009) will follow.

ISSN: 1039-3307
ISBN: 978-1-74249-034-2
Cat. no: CAN 50
Pages: 90

Findings from this report:

There were 6.6 new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 women in 2006
20.3% of women re-screened early following a normal Pap test in 2007
In 2008, the screening program detected 28,168 abnormalities; 12,346 low-grade and 15,822 high-grade
The age-standardised mortality rate from cervical cancer decreased between 1986 and 2006

Preliminary pages
- Title & verso pages
- Acknowledgments
- National Cervical Screening Program
- Abbreviations
- Preface
Body section
- Indicator1 Participation in cervical screening
  - Indicator 1.1 Participation
    - Indicator 1.1.1 Two-year participation
    - Indicator 1.1.2 Three-year participation
    - Indicator 1.1.3 Five-year participation
  - Indicator 1.2 Participation by geographic region
  - Indicator 1.3 Participation by socioeconomic status
- Indicator 2 Early re-screening
- Indicator 3 Low-grade abnormality detection
- Indicator 4 High-grade abnormality detection
- Indicator 5 Incidence
  - Indicator 5.1 Incidence of micro-invasive squamous cervical cancer
  - Indicator 5.2 Incidence of invasive squamous, adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous and other cervical cancer
  - Indicator 5.3 Incidence by geographic region
- Indicator 6 Mortality
  - Indicator 6.1 Mortality by age
  - Indicator 6.2 Mortality by geographic region
  - Indicator 6.3 Mortality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
End matter
- List of tables
- List of figures

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