Table 1.

Characteristics of appointments

Factors	n	Percentage
Attendance of appointments
Attended	12,734	94.6
Failed to attend	724	5.4
Gender
Female	9790	72.7
Male	3669	27.3
Indigenous status
Not Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	12,391	92.1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	1067	7.9
Age
0–9 years	265	2.0
10–17 years	199	1.5
18–24 years	1684	12.5
25–34 years	3622	26.9
35–44 years	1591	11.8
45–54 years	1516	11.3
55–64 years	1754	13.0
65 years and over	2827	21.0
Modality
Modality combinationa	636	4.7
Ultrasound	9058	67.3
CTb	3215	23.9
Interventional radiology	509	3.8
Mammography	40	0.3
Distance from facility
Under 51 km	9454	70.3
51–300 km	2639	19.6
Over 300 km	1335	9.9
Unknown	30	0.2
Other clinicsc	904	6.7
Cancer/ONCd	1498	11.1
Referral source
Medical	7664	56.9
Othere	1492	11.1
Rural facilities	402	3.0
Surgical	1498	11.1

^aCombination of any two or more of the following modalities – ultrasound, CT, mammography, interventional radiology.

^bComputed tomography.

^cWards not classed as medical, surgical or palliative.

^dOncology.

^eFacilities outside of the regional hospital health service.