Cancer data in Australia

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Last updated: 26 Jul 2019

Author: AIHW

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Cancer data in Australia. Cat. no. CAN 122. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 29 March 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

APA

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Cancer data in Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

MLA

Cancer data in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 26 July 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

Vancouver

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer data in Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019 [cited 2020 Mar. 29]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2019, Cancer data in Australia, viewed 29 March 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

In 2018, it is estimated there will be over 140,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed and just under 50,000 deaths from cancer. This report presents cancer incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence statistics using data from 1982 to 2015 and projections up to 2021 for cancer incidence and mortality. Data quantifying the importance of early detection of Australia’s five most common cancers is a key feature of this report.

Cat. no: CAN 122

Findings from this report:

141,538 new cancer cases are estimated to be diagnosed in 2018
In 2019, lung cancer is estimated to be responsible for more deaths than any other cancer
At the end of 2015, 431,704 people were alive who had been diagnosed with cancer in the previous 5 years
In 2019, breast cancer is estimated to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer, followed by prostate cancer

Notes

This report is the first of the Cancer data in Australia series.

The report provides a wide range of cancer related statistics including historical data ranging back to 1982 and projections up to 2021. The report is the result of an initiative to consolidate several existing cancer related products into a single comprehensive report. The Cancer compendium: information and trends by cancer type report has been discontinued with its general data content now available in this report. The Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (ACIM) books remain available but are now released as part of the Cancer data in Australia series.

While the Cancer in Australia report series remains in production, the ‘Summary pages for selected cancers’ content will no longer appear within that publication and are instead incorporated within this report.

See the Cancer glossary for definitions of terms used in this report.

Corrections

Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

(31 Jan 2019) Mortality worksheets in the ACIM books for colorectal cancer and cancer of other and ill-defined digestive organs have been revised to correct errors in the counts and rates.
Previous version - Colorectal cancer (226KB XLS)
Previous version - Cancer of other and ill-defined digestive organs (180KB XLS)

Data quality statement

Australian Cancer Database

See the Australian Cancer Database 2013.

National Mortality Database (NMD)

The data quality statements underpinning the AIHW NMD can be found on abs.gov.au:

ABS quality declaration summary for Deaths, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3302.0)
ABS quality declaration summary for Causes of death, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3303.0)

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