Cancer Statistics

Cancer is a major burden on our community - 1 in 3 men and 1 in 4 women in Australia will be directly affected by cancer in the first 75 years of life.

It is estimated that in 2006 there were 106,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in Australia
(60,600 males and 45,400 females). (Source: Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2006 [Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)] )

More detailed national statistics on cancer are available in the report

Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   Statistics & epidemiology
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Find Victorian cancer statistics and learn more about the Cancer Epidemiology Centre (CEC)in Victoria, which collates them from the Victoria Cancer Registry.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Facts and stats at a glance
Publisher:   Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   A quick guide to our most often quoted statistics, facts and research findings with references provided.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   National Bowel Cancer Screening Program : annual monitoring report 2009
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report presents national statistics on key program activity, performance and outcome indicators for people invited to screen in 2008. Trend and national bowel cancer incidence and mortality data are also included to provide context.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Lung cancer: fast facts - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about lung cancer: what it is, what causes it, and how it's treated.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Lung cancer: some sobering facts - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Lung cancer is the leading cause of death due to cancer in Australia.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Cancer
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on the various types of cancer, including prevention, risk factors, treatment, support services and statistics.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Fibre, wholegrain cereals and cancer prevention
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Cancer Council Australia's position statement on fibre, wholegrain cereals and cancer.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Fruit, vegetables and cancer prevention
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Cancer Council Australia's position statement on fruit, vegetables and cancer prevention.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   National Cervical Screening Program: facts and key statistics
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Detailed figures on cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening in Australia.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Cervical screening in Australia 2006-2007
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The major objective of the National Cervical Screening Program is to reduce incidence and mortality from cervical cancer. Over 3.5 million women (61.5%) aged 20-69 years participated in the Program in 2006-2007, up from the last report.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Key statistics
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Fact sheet with detailed figures of incidence and mortality of skin cancer in Australia
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Skin cancer
Publisher:   Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   An introduction to skin cancer, a disease of the body's skin cells.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Bowel cancer - the facts
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Bowel cancer is a major public health problem in Australia. Around 80 Australians die each week from the disease. It is the most commonly occurring internal cancer and the second most common cause of cancer related death, after lung cancer.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   National Bowel Cancer Screening Program monitoring report 2008
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from bowel cancer by maximising early detection. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in Australia.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Comprehensive national data on cancer incidence and mortality in 2005 and projections for 2006 to 2010. Other topics covered include incidence of lymphohaematopoietic cancers using a WHO-based classification scheme, cancers attributed to smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, incidence in the states and territories, incidence rates and most common cancers over the life span and cancer-related hospitalisations.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Occupational carcinogens
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Cancer Council Australia position statement: Occupational carcinogens
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Non-melanoma skin cancer: General practice consultations, hospitalisation and mortality
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer diagnosed in Australia, with around 400,000 new cases per year. However, data on incidence and prevalence are not routinely collected. This report analyses data on NMSC available from the national general practice, hospitalisation and mortality collections to illustrate the burden of NMSC in Australia.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia: Cancers diagnosed from 1982 to 2004
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents national cancer data on relative survival and prevalence in Australia for invasive cancers other than non-melanoma skin cancer. It provides trend statistics on the survival of persons diagnosed with invasive cancer from 1982-1986 to 1998-2004, and analyses survival outcomes by age, sex, geographic region and socioeconomic status quintile.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Overweight, obesity and cancer prevention
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Obesity is a risk factor for cancer, as well as many other chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. There is convincing evidence that overweight and obesity are risk factors for cancers of the colorectum, kidney, pancreas, oesophagus, endometrium and breast (in postmenopausal women).
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Alcohol and cancer prevention
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Alcohol is a known risk factor for cancer. Heavy alcohol use can also cause short and long-term health problems such as cirrhosis of the liver, alcohol dependence, strokes, suicide, injury and car accidents.
Date:   Aug 2008
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