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Actual mortality data from the National Mortality Database, up to 2019 are based on the year of occurrence of the death and data for 2020 are based on the year of registration of the death.
With the exception of prostate cancer, the 2019–2022 incidence estimates are projections based on 2009–2018 incidence data; prostate cancer incidence projections use only the most recent available year to inform projections. The 2021–2022 mortality estimates are projections based on 2011-2020 data.
Projection methods rely on the assumption that past trends may be reasonably used to estimate future counts and rates. For prostate cancer incidence, this has generally not been the case in more recent years. Prostate cancer incidence use the most current rates (by age) applied to future years population estimates.
Relative survival was calculated with the period method, using the period 2014–2018 (Brenner & Gefeller 1996). This captured the survival experience of people who were diagnosed with cancer before or during 2014–2018 and were still alive at the beginning of 2014. Note that this period does not contain estimated incidence data. Estimated incidence data includes DCO cases for NSW in 2018 and late-registration cases for Australia in 2018. Data from the National Death Index (NDI) on deaths (from any cause) that occurred up to 31 December 2018 were used to determine which people with cancer had died and when this occurred.
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