9.1. Breast cancer screening Te tirotiro mate pukupuku ū

9.1. Breast cancer screening | Te tirotiro mate pukupuku ū

Breast-screening coverage rates (that is the proportion of eligible women who had a mammogram in the preceding two years) fell in all health districts between February 2020 and February 2022, excepting Wairarapa and Hutt Valley. The largest falls in coverage occurred in Auckland and Tairawhiti (Figure 127).

Figure 127: Changes in breast screening coverage in New Zealand, by health district

Difference (%) in 2-year coverage as of February 2022 compared with February 2020 baseline

Source: BreastScreen Aotearoa interactive coverage data tool, https://tewhatuora.shinyapps.io/nsu-bsa-coverage/

Breast-screening coverage rates fell for all ethnicities from February 2020. Rates declined most for people of Pacific and Asian ethnicity. Coverage rates were still below the February 2020 baseline for all ethnicities in September 2025, with only people in the Other ethnic group close to the baseline at this date (Figure 128).

Figure 128: Changes in breast screening coverage in New Zealand, by ethnicity, March 2020 to September 2025

Difference (%) in 2-year coverage compared with February 2020 baseline

Source: BreastScreen Aotearoa interactive coverage data tool, https://tewhatuora.shinyapps.io/nsu-bsa-coverage/