National Cancer Statistics Clearing House
Recent releases
Risk of invasive breast cancer in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ in Australia between 1995 and 2005 (9 March 2010) (media release and publication)
Ovarian cancer in Australia: an overview, 2010 (24 February 2010) (media release and publication)
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program : annual monitoring report 2009 (28 October 2009) (publication)
Popular titles
 Australia's welfare 2009 |
 Australia's health 2008 |
The aim of the National Cancer Statistics Clearing House (NCSCH) is to foster the development and dissemination of national cancer statistics for Australia and specifically to
- enable computation and publication of national statistics on cancer
- allow tracking of interstate movement of cancer cases via record linkage
- facilitate exchange of scientific and technical information between cancer registries and promote standardisation in the collection and classification of cancer data; and
- facilitate cancer research both nationally and internationally.
The NCSCH receives data from individual State and Territory cancer registries on cancer diagnosed in residents of Australia. This commenced with cases first diagnosed in 1982. The data items provided to the NCSCH by the State and Territory cancer registries enable record linkage to be performed and the analysis of cancer by site and histology.
The NCSCH produces reports of national incidence and mortality data. Periodically, analyses of specific cancer sites, cancer histology, differentials in cancer rates by country of birth, geographical variation, trends over time and survival are undertaken.
The NCSCH is able to make available a broad range of statistical data to bona fide researchers after a strict scientific and ethical review process. Research database linkage with the NCSCH requires approvals from the AIHW Ethics Committee and all the State and Territory cancer registries including their ethics committees. General database enquiries and enquiries about the release of statistical data should be directed to .