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Cancer series no. 37

Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2006 presents comprehensive national data on cancer incidence and mortality in Australia, and hospitalisation trend data from 2000-01 to 2004-05. The report provides 2006 projections on incidence and 2003 data for cancers by site, age and sex, with summary data for each state and territory. Prostate cancer and cancer differentials for rural areas analysed. The information in this report is supported by more detailed information in cancer incidence and mortality data cubes and workbooks on the AIHW's website www.aihw.gov.au. Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2006 is an important reference from the Cancer series for all those interested in the health of Australians.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 28 June 2007; ISSN 1039-3307; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 696 5; AIHW cat. no. CAN 32; 144pp.; $26.00

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Preliminary material (180KB PDF)
- Half title and verso pages
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Contributors
- Summary
Sections
1. Introduction (96KB PDF)
  - What is cancer?
  - Cancer surveillance in Australia
  - National Cancer Statistics Clearing House
  - Cancer data on the AIHW website
2. Incidence and mortality (318KB PDF)
  - Introduction
  - Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in 2006
  - Incidence in 2003
  - Incidence of lymphoid and haematopoietic neoplasms
  - Cancer incidence in the states and territories, 1999-2003
  - Incidence trends 1983-2003
  - Mortality in 2003
  - Mortality trends 1983-2003
  - Cancers attributed to smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
3. Hospitalisation (158KB PDF)
  - Introduction
  - Main findings
4. Prostate cancer in profile (213KB PDF)
  - Introduction
  - Incidence and mortality
  - Drivers of growth in new cases diagnosed
  - Implications for projected incidence of prostate cancer
  - International comparison
  - Key statistics on prostate cancer
5. Regional cancer differentials (179KB PDF)
  - Introduction
  - Incidence differentials
  - Mortality differentials
End matter (265KB PDF)
- Appendixes
  1. WHO classification of lymphoid and haematopoietic neoplasms
  2. Methods
  3. Population data
  4. Cancer registration in Australia
  5. Cancer registries contact list
  6. Data sources
- Abbreviations and glossary
- References
- Related state and territory cancer registry publications
- List of tables
- List of figures

Additional material

Online cancer data

Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (ACIM) books. These are Excel workbooks of tables and graphs for "all cancers" and the major cancers, for incidence from 1982 to 2003 and mortality from 1968 to 2004.

Interactive cancer data cubes, with incidence numbers and rates from 1982 to 2003.

General Record of Incidence of Mortality (GRIM) books, with comprehensive longterm mortality data on selected causes of death by age and sex for each year from 1907.

National Hospital Morbidity Database data cubes, which include information on the principal diagnoses, procedures and diagnosis-related groups of patients, including cancer patients, admitted to Australian hospitals from 1993-94 to 2005-06.