Cancer data in Australia

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Last updated: 13 Nov 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 23 January 2021, 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, 13 November 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 2021 Jan. 23]. 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 23 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia

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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:

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

Notes

This report provides a wide range of cancer related statistics including historical data ranging back to 1982 and projections up to 2020; cancer mortality data ranges back to 1968. Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (ACIM) books will not be released in 2020 but will again be published in 2021. Data previously within ACIM may be located within the Cancer data in Australia data and visualisations.

Amendments

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.

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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