Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (180KB PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Contributors
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (96KB PDF)
      • What is cancer?
      • Cancer surveillance in Australia
      • National Cancer Statistics Clearing House
      • Cancer data on the AIHW website
    2. Incidence and mortality (318KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in 2006
      • Incidence in 2003
      • Incidence of lymphoid and haematopoietic neoplasms
      • Cancer incidence in the states and territories, 1999-2003
      • Incidence trends 1983-2003
      • Mortality in 2003
      • Mortality trends 1983-2003
      • Cancers attributed to smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
    3. Hospitalisation (158KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Main findings
    4. Prostate cancer in profile (213KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Incidence and mortality
      • Drivers of growth in new cases diagnosed
      • Implications for projected incidence of prostate cancer
      • International comparison
      • Key statistics on prostate cancer
    5. Regional cancer differentials (179KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Incidence differentials
      • Mortality differentials
  • End matter (265KB PDF)
    • Appendixes
      1. WHO classification of lymphoid and haematopoietic neoplasms
      2. Methods
      3. Population data
      4. Cancer registration in Australia
      5. Cancer registries contact list
      6. Data sources
    • Abbreviations and glossary
    • References
    • Related state and territory cancer registry publications
    • List of tables
    • List of figures