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    "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."
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    "id": "oecd-screening",
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    "licence": {
      "attribution": "OECD (2026), Cancer screening rates, OECD Data Explorer, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/ (accessed on 10 October 2026). Figures selected and transformed by NZ in Numbers. Anyone reusing these figures must keep this OECD citation.",
      "checked_on": "2026-10-10",
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      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html"
    },
    "name": "Cancer screening rates",
    "organisation": "OECD"
  },
  "title": "Cancer screening rates in NZ",
  "topic": "health"
}