BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2012–2013

The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2012–2013 presents the latest national statistics in the monitoring of BreastScreen Australia, which aims to reduce illness and death resulting from breast cancer through organised screening to detect cases of unsuspected breast cancer in women, thus enabling early intervention. Around 55% of women in the target age group 50–69 took part in the program, with more than 1.4 million women screening in 2012–2013.Breast cancer mortality in 2012 was 44 deaths per 100,000 women.