Health system expenditure on cancer and other neoplasms in Australia, 2015–16, presents estimates of cancer expenditure by age group, sex, Indigenous status, geography, area of expenditure and for a range of types of cancer, as well as expenditure on cancer as a result of health risk factors. Estimates are based on a number of assumptions.
Expenditure on cancer in 2015–16 was $10.1 billion, including at least $2.7 billion attributable to health risk factors.