Interpreting cancer data

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Last updated: 09 Sep 2015
Author: AIHW

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This web report provides readers with information to aid in the interpretation of cancer data and cancer-related publications. It includes information on interpreting different aspects of data such as cancer statistics, differences in reported statistics, trend data, population comparisons and data on rare cancers.

Cat. no: WEB 89

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Survival is the probability of being alive, relative to an average Australian of same sex and age, in a set time period
Prevalence is the number of people alive with a prior diagnosis of cancer at a given point in time
Mortality is the number of deaths during a specified period due to cancer
Incidence is the number of new cancers diagnosed during a specified time period

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