Cancer screening rates in NZ: data and downloads
Breast screening, women 50–69 was 67.7% in 2025, down 1.8 points on a year earlier.
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Source: OECD. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
Cancer screening rates in NZ
Breast screening, women 50–69Cervical screening, women 20–69Bowel screening, people 50–74
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| Period | Breast screening, women 50–69 (%) | Cervical screening, women 20–69 (%) | Bowel screening, people 50–74 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.7% | 75.3% | No data |
| 2024 | 69.5% | 72.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023 | 68.2% | 68.0% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 66.1% | 67.4% | No data |
| 2021 | 64.7% | 69.0% | No data |
| 2020 | 68.0% | 69.7% | No data |
| 2019 | 71.6% | 71.3% | No data |
| 2018 | 72.2% | 73.4% | No data |
| 2017 | 71.7% | 74.0% | No data |
| 2016 | 71.9% | 75.2% | No data |
| 2015 | 71.9% | 76.0% | No data |
| 2014 | 71.8% | 76.3% | No data |
| 2013 | 71.2% | 77.2% | No data |
| 2012 | 70.8% | 77.6% | No data |
| 2011 | 70.0% | 77.4% | No data |
| 2010 | 68.6% | 77.5% | No data |
| 2009 | 66.1% | 76.6% | No data |
| 2008 | 63.5% | 75.4% | No data |
| 2007 | 61.8% | 76.3% | No data |
| 2006 | 60.1% | 70.3% | No data |
Breast screening, women 50–69: 67.7% (2025)Cervical screening, women 20–69: 75.3% (2025)Bowel screening, people 50–74: 57.9% (2024)
2025Breast screening, women 50–69 67.7%Cervical screening, women 20–69 75.3%Bowel screening, people 50–74 Not available
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: OECD.
Cancer screening rates in NZ: data and downloads: definitions
The share of eligible people screened through New Zealand's national programmes for breast cancer (women 50–69), cervical cancer (women 20–69) and bowel cancer (people 50–74), as reported to the OECD.
Cancer screening rates in NZ: data and downloads: comparison limits
These affect how the figures can be compared.
- Programme data: the share screened within each programme's interval (e.g. two years for breast screening).
- The bowel screening programme rolled out region by region from 2017 and its age range is changing; the OECD series starts in 2023.
- National averages hide large differences by ethnicity and region.
Cancer screening rates in NZ: data and downloads: data by period
The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.
| Period | Breast screening, women 50–69 | Cervical screening, women 20–69 | Bowel screening, people 50–74 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.7% | 75.3% | Not available |
| 2024 | 69.5% | 72.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023 | 68.2% | 68.0% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 66.1% | 67.4% | Not available |
| 2021 | 64.7% | 69.0% | Not available |
| 2020 | 68.0% | 69.7% | Not available |
| 2019 | 71.6% | 71.3% | Not available |
| 2018 | 72.2% | 73.4% | Not available |
| 2017 | 71.7% | 74.0% | Not available |
| 2016 | 71.9% | 75.2% | Not available |
Cancer screening rates in NZ: data and downloads: questions for your AI
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The attached CSV is Cancer screening rates in NZ (cancer-screening), from OECD, Cancer screening rates. Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: Programme data: the share screened within each programme's interval (e.g. two years for breast screening). The bowel screening programme rolled out region by region from 2017 and its age range is changing; the OECD series starts in 2023. National averages hide large differences by ethnicity and region.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.
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- 10 October 2026