Cancer data in Australia

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Last updated: 02 Jun 2020

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Cancer data in Australia. Cat. no. CAN 122. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 02 July 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Cancer data in Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

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Cancer data in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 02 June 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer data in Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2020 Jul. 2]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, Cancer data in Australia, viewed 2 July 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

In 2020, it is estimated there will be just under 150,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed and just under 50,000 deaths from cancer. This report presents cancer incidence, mortality, survival, risk and prevalence statistics using data from 1982 to 2016 (2018 for mortality) and projections up to 2020 for cancer incidence and mortality.

Cat. no: CAN 122

Findings from this report:

Since 2000, lung cancer mortality rates have decreased more than any other cancer
5-year relative survival was 69% for all cancers combined in 2012–2016
In 2020, lung cancer is estimated to be the leading cause of cancer related death, followed by colorectal cancer
145,000 new cancer cases are estimated to be diagnosed in 2020

Notes

This report provides a wide range of cancer related statistics including historical data ranging back to 1982 and projections up to 2020; the report will release statistics in stages this year. Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (ACIM) books were available in the previous release of this report and are not available in this first release of the Cancer data in Australia series in 2020. While the majority of content previously available in ACIM is available in the first stage of this release, cancer risk, SEGI age-standardised rates and World Health Organisation aged-standardised rates are to appear in later releases.

Updates, corrections and superseded versions

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.
Colorectal cancer (226KB XLS)
Cancer of other and ill-defined digestive organs (180KB XLS)

Data quality statement

Visit the ACD 2016 for the respective Data Quality Statement.

The data quality statements underpinning the AIHW NMD can be found on the following ABS internet pages:

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)

For more information on the AIHW NMD visit Deaths data at AIHW, and for the National Death Index Data Quality Statement visit the NDI.

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