Notes
Amendments
5 Sep 2005 - Page xiv–Executive summary - The second dot point in the section on Age distribution should read: "The median age of first diagnosis for males was 69 years and for females was 65 years in 2001."
- Page 8–Onset of cancer - In the first paragraph of the section on Onset of cancer should read:
Onset of cancer - In 2001 the average age of first diagnosis of a cancer for males was 66 years and the median age was 69 years. The average age of first diagnosis for females was 64 years and the median age was 65 years. For the overall population, the average age of first diagnosis was 65 years and the median age was 68 years.
Rather than:
In 2001 the average age of first diagnosis of a cancer for both males and females was 57 years. The median age of first diagnosis for males was 61 years and for females was 58 years. For the overall population, the average age of first diagnosis was 57 years and the median age was 60 years. - Attributable fractions reported in Ridolfo and Stevenson 2001 were used to calculate the numbers of cancers attributable to smoking and alcohol presented in Cancer in Australia 1999, Cancer in Australia 2000 and Cancer in Australia 2001. However, the fractions for cancers attributable to alcohol presented in table 2 (page 18 of the 1999 report, page 19 of the 2000 report and page 17 of the 2001 report) were inadvertently not updated in the printed versions of these reports and still reflect earlier fractions reported by English et al. 1995. There was also a problem with the way the fractions for cancers attributable to smoking were applied for female cancers and pages 17, 18, 78, 79, 101 and 104 have been corrected and replaced.