Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who completed screening and the screening events

Patients

Gender

 Male

176 (37.4)

107 (47.6)

283 (40.7)

 Female

295 (62.6)

118 (52.4)

413 (59.3)

Age (in years)

Mean (SD)

63.8 (12.6)

62.4 (12.9)

63.4 (12.7)

Cancer diagnosis

 Breast

149 (31.6)

45 (20.0)

194 (27.9)

 Gastrointestinal

123 (26.1)

73 (32.4)

196 (28.2)

 Genitourinary

55 (11.7)

10 (4.4)

65 (9.3)

 Gynaecological

41 (8.7)

10 (4.4)

51 (7.3)

 Haematological

9 (1.9)

27 (12.0)

36 (5.2)

 Head and neck

12 (2.6)

32 (14.2)

44 (6.3)

 Lung

51 (10.8)

22 (9.8)

73 (10.5)

 Melanoma and skin

14 (3.0)

4 (1.8)

18 (2.6)

 Neurological

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

 Sarcoma

7 (1.5)

1 (0.4)

8 (1.2)

 Cancer of unknown primary

4 (0.9)

0 (0)

4 (0.6)

 Other

5 (1.1)

1 (0.4)

6 (0.9)

Cancer stage

 Stage 0 in situ

4 (1.0)

3 (1.6)

7 (1.2)

 Stage 1 localised

49 (12.6)

38 (20.3)

87 (15.1)

 Stage 2/3 regional spread

177 (45.6)

63 (33.7)

240 (41.7)

 Stage 4 distant spread

158 (40.7)

83 (44.4)

241 (41.9)

Length of diagnosis (in days)

 Mean length of time from diagnosis to registration in the portal (mean, SD)

366.9 (699.6)

365.1 (1049.6)

366.3 (822.2)

 Mean length of time from diagnosis to first screening event (SD)

412.6 (702.2)

418.1 (1047.7)

414.3 (823.0)

 Missing date of diagnosis

6

19

25

Indigenous status

 Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander

25 (5.3)

6 (2.7)

31 (4.5)

 Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal

1 (0.2)

─

1 (0.1)

 Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

─

─

─

 Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander

438 (93.0)

194 (86.2)

632 (90.8)

 Not stated/unknown

7 (1.5)

25 (11.1)

32 (4.6)

Number of screens completed

1

217 (46.1)

122 (54.2)

339 (48.7)

 ≥ 2

254 (53.9)

103 (45.8)

357 (51.3)

Screening events

Initial screens

 Pre-triage anxiety/depression step^a

  Step 1

280 (59.5)

138 (61.3)

418 (60.1)

  Step 2

65 (13.8)

29 (12.9)

94 (13.5)

  Step 3

64 (13.6)

31 (13.8)

95 (13.7)

  Step 4

62 (13.2)

27 (12.0)

89 (12.8)

 Post-triage step

  Step 1

306 (65.0)

149 (66.2)

455 (65.4)

  Step 2

54 (11.5)

30 (13.3)

84 (12.1)

  Step 3

38 (8.1)

25 (11.1)

63 (9.1)

  Step 4

15 (3.2)

11 (4.9)

26 (3.7)

  Post-triage step unconfirmed

58 (12.3)

10 (4.4)

68 (9.8)

 Step allocation following triage ^b

  Maintained

70 (52.6)

43 (55.8)

113 (53.8)

  Downgraded

63 (47.4)

32 (41.6)

95 (45.2)

  Upgraded

─

2 (2.6)

2 (1.0)

Subsequent screens

 Pre-triage step

  Step 1

289 (70.2)

163 (75.8)

452 (72.1)

  Step 2

47 (11.4)

24 (11.2)

71 (11.3)

  Step 3

41 (10.0)

15 (7.0)

56 (8.9)

  Step 4

35 (8.5)

13 (6.1)

48 (7.7)

 Post-triage step

  Step 1

297 (72.1)

171 (79.5)

468 (74.6)

  Step 2

31 (7.5)

18 (8.4)

49 (7.8)

  Step 3

26 (6.3)

6 (2.8)

32 (5.1)

  Step 4

10 (2.4)

3 (1.40)

13 (2.1)

  Post-triage step unconfirmed

48 (11.7)

17 (7.9)

65 (10.4)

 Step allocation following triage ^b

  Maintained

49 (65.3)

16 (45.7)

65 (59.1)

  Downgraded

26 (34.7)

18 (51.4)

44 (40.0)

  Upgraded

─

1 (2.9)

1 (0.9)