Cancer in Australia 1997:
Incidence and Mortality Data for 1997 and Selected Data for 1998 and 1999

Full publication (4.4M PDF)

• Preliminary material (93K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Executive summary (34K PDF)
• Sections
  1. Introduction (103K PDF)
     • What is cancer?
     • Cancer surveillance in Australia
     • The National Cancer Statistics Clearing House
     • Structure of this report
  2. Cancer in Australia
     • General (486K PDF)
     • Most common cancers
     • Age and sex differences (870K PDF)
     • Alcohol- and smoking-related cancers (195K PDF)
     • Cancer rates in States and Territories 1993 - 1997
     • International comparisons (1.2M PDF)
  3. Cancer trends (1.5M PDF)
     • National trends in cancer incidence and mortality
     • 1998 and 1999 incidence data
  4. Incidence and mortality tables (180K PDF)
  • Guide to interpreting incidence and mortality tables
  • Summary tables 1997
  • Tables for selected cancers 1997
• End matter
  • Appendixes (215K PDF)
    • Appendix A: International Classification of Diseases - Ninth Revision - cancer site - codes and combinations
    • Appendix B: Methods
    • Appendix C: Population data
    • Appendix D: Cancer registration in Australia
    • Appendix E: Cancer registries contact list
    • Appendix F: Tables published on the Internet
  • Glossary (106K PDF)
  • References
  • Related publications
• Additional tables
• ICD Tables 140-173 (634K Excel)
• ICD Tables 173-208 (679K Excel)