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National Healthcare Agreement: PI 11-Cervical screening rates, 2012

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Definition

Rates of cervical screening for women within national target age group.

Indicator Summary

Numerator
Number of women aged 20–69 years who have been screened in a 2 year period.
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Denominator
Population of women aged 20–69 years
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Computation

Denominator is adjusted to exclude the estimated number of women who have had a hysterectomy, using national hysterectomy fractions.

Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index 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

2007–2008 and 2008–2009 (revised for new hysterectomy fractions), 2009–2010—State and territory, by:

  • remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
  • SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles

2007–2008 and 2008–2009 (revised for new hysterectomy fractions), 2009–2010—Nationally, by:

  • SEIFA IRSD deciles

State and territory, by Indigenous status (no new data)

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Description

Denominator is adjusted to exclude the estimated number of women who have had a hysterectomy, using national hysterectomy fractions.

Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index 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 women aged 20–69 years who have been screened in a 2 year period.
Denominators
Population of women aged 20–69 years
Disaggregation

2007–2008 and 2008–2009 (revised for new hysterectomy fractions), 2009–2010—State and territory, by:

  • remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
  • SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles

2007–2008 and 2008–2009 (revised for new hysterectomy fractions), 2009–2010—Nationally, by:

  • SEIFA IRSD deciles

State and territory, by Indigenous status (no new data)

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

References


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