Table 1 Characteristics of women who attended mammographic screening at BreastScreen Western Australia, 2008–2017
Screening characteristic | Characteristic category | Total number of women N = 311,656a | Total number of screens N = 981,705 (% of screens) | Total number of screens notified N = 137,322 (% notified) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | Younger age | 75,078 | 131,288 (13.4%) | 33,429 (25.5%) |
Targeted age | 244,899 | 769,577 (78.4%) | 98,125 (12.8%) | |
Older age | 40,029 | 80,840 (8.2%) | 5768 (7.1%) | |
Screen Round | First | 130,157 | 130,157 (13.3%) | 27,654 (21.2%) |
Second | 118,614 | 118,614 (12.1%) | 21,758 (18.3%) | |
Third+ | 223,439 | 732,934 (74.7%) | 87,910 (12.0%) | |
Aboriginal | Yes | 5479 | 12,918 (1.3%) | 886 (6.9%) |
No | 306,177 | 968,787 (98.7%) | 136,436 (14.1%) | |
Disability | Yes | 4661 | 15,235 (1.6%) | 1337 (8.8%) |
No | 306,995 | 966,470 (98.4%) | 135,985 (14.1%) | |
Family history | Significant family history | 22,396 | 103,456 (10.5%) | 14,849 (14.4%) |
Family history | 30,994 | 100,642 (10.3%) | 14,079 (14%) | |
No history | 258,266 | 777,607 (79.2%) | 108,394 (13.9%) | |
English spoken at home | Yes | 267,917 | 844,067 (86.0%) | 113,594 (13.5%) |
No | 43,739 | 137,638 (14.0%) | 23,728 (17.2%) | |
Country of birth | Australasia | 190,638 | 596,694 (60.8%) | 79,473 (13.3%) |
America/EU/UK | 81,382 | 264,362 (26.9%) | 32,389 (12.3%) | |
Asia | 29,022 | 89,891 (9.2%) | 20,546 (22.9%) | |
Africa | 10,614 | 30,758 (3.1%) | 4914 (16.0%) | |
ARIAb | Major cities | 236,674 | 740,866 (75.5%) | 107,975 (14.6%) |
Inner regional | 45,510 | 120,196 (12.2%) | 14,556 (12.1%) | |
Outer regional | 28,400 | 82,130 (8.4%) | 9529 (11.6%) | |
Remote | 11,134 | 28,654 (2.9%) | 3987 (13.9%) | |
Very remote | 4629 | 9859 (1.0%) | 1275 (12.9%) | |
SEIFAc | Low | 81,682 | 192,067 (19.6%) | 24,296 (12.6%) |
Medium | 104,124 | 252,643 (25.7%) | 31,097 (12.3%) | |
High | 174,933 | 536,995 (54.7%) | 81,929 (15.3%) |