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Definition

Screening rates for bowel cancer for people within national target groups

Indicator Summary

Numerator
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.
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Denominator
Population aged 50, 55 and 65 years
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Computation

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.

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Disaggregation

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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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
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.

Numerators
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.
Denominators
Population aged 50, 55 and 65 years
Disaggregation

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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