Key points from this new AIHW report include:
- Cancer is the leading cause of disease
burden in Australia
- For all cancers combined, the incidence
rate increased from 383 per 100,000 persons in 1982 to 504 per 100,000 in
2008, before an expected decrease to 470 per 100,000 in 2017
- During the same period, the mortality
rate decreased from 209 per 100,000 in 1982 to 161 per 100,000 in 2017
- Cancer survival has improved over time
- It is estimated that the most commonly
diagnosed cancers in Australia in 2017 will be breast cancer in females,
followed by colorectal cancer and prostate cancer (excluding basal and
squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, as these cancers are not notifiable
diseases in Australia)
Cancer in Australia: in brief 2017
Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (ACIM) books
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