Table of contents

  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Breast cancer
  • Guide to Breast cancer in Australian women 1921-1994
    • New cases and deaths
    • Incidence and mortality
    • Comparisons
    • Survival
  • Most frequent cancers in females in Australia
  • Deaths from common cancers in females in Australia
  • Number of new cases of breast cancer and deaths
  • Risk of breast cancer by age
  • Incidence and mortality rates
  • Trends in incidence and mortality
  • Incidence rates by age
  • , Mortality rates by age
  • Incidence trends by age
  • Mortality trends by age
  • Long-term trends in breast cancer
  • Incidence trends by State and Territory
  • Mortality trends by State and Territory
  • Incidence rates by age in States and Territories
  • Mortality rates by age in States and Territories
  • Distribution by histopathological type
  • Histopathological type by age
  • Incidence by country of birth
  • Mortality by country of birth
  • Mortality by place of residence in Australia
  • Incidence and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
  • Incidence and mortality by socioeconomic status
  • International comparisons of incidence
  • International comparisons of mortality
  • Survival from breast cancer
  • Survival internationally
  • Appendix 1: Lists of tables and figures
  • Appendix2: Additional tables
  • Appendix3: References