Number of persons aged 50, 55 and 65 years who have been screened by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in the reference calendar year.
This item has been superseded by a newer version by one or more Registration Authorities.
Definition
Screening rates for bowel cancer for people within national target groups
Indicator Summary
Excludes people who were screened outside the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Indicator of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on postcode of residential address at the time of screening.
Presented as a percentage.
2009—State and territory, by:
- sex and age (50, 55, 65, total in target ages)
- remoteness
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
2009—Nationally, by SEIFA IRSD deciles
Disaggregation by Indigenous status, remoteness and SEIFA within individual states/territories is subject to data quality considerations.
Calculation rules
- Description
Excludes people who were screened outside the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Indicator of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on postcode of residential address at the time of screening.
Presented as a percentage.
Number of persons aged 50, 55 and 65 years who have been screened by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in the reference calendar year.
Population aged 50, 55 and 65 years
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
2009—State and territory, by:
- sex and age (50, 55, 65, total in target ages)
- remoteness
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
2009—Nationally, by SEIFA IRSD deciles
Disaggregation by Indigenous status, remoteness and SEIFA within individual states/territories is subject to data quality considerations.
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