Understanding the participation of breast screening among women born in predominantly Muslim countries living in Victoria, Australia from record-linkage data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early detection of breast cancer can improve survival rates and decrease mortality rates. This study investigates whether there are significant differences in participation in breast screening among women born in Muslim countries compared to women born in Non-Muslim countries and Australia.

Methods

Screening data from January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 2013 from the Breast Screen Victoria Registry (BSV) was linked with hospital records from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED). Countries having more than 50% of their population as Muslim were categorised as Muslim countries. Age adjusted rates were calculated for women born in Muslim and Non-Muslim countries and compared with the Australian age adjusted rates. Logistic regression assessed the associatio

SUBMITTER: Yeasmeen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413407 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature