Breast cancer in Australia: an overview

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Release Date: 09 Oct 2012

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012. Breast cancer in Australia: an overview. Cat. no. CAN 67. Canberra: AIHW.

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Data in this report provide a comprehensive picture of breast cancer in Australia including how breast cancer rates differ by geographical area, socioeconomic status, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status and country of birth.

ISSN: 1039-3307
ISBN: 978-1-74249-355-8
Cat. no: CAN 67
Pages: 100

Findings from this report:

Between the periods 1982–1987 and 2006–2010, 5-year relative survival from breast cancer increased from 72% to 89%
Breast cancer was the most common cancer in females, representing 28% of all reported cancers
Breast cancer was second most common cause of cancer-related death for Australian females in 2007, with 2,680 deaths
Projections suggest that in 2020, the number of new breast cancer cases will be about 17,210

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Foreword
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
Body section
- 1 Introduction
  - What is breast cancer?
  - What are the known risk factors for breast cancer?
  - Purpose and structure of this report
  - Data interpretation
  - Data sources
- 2 Incidence of breast cancer (136KB XLS)
  - About incidence of breast cancer
  - Incidence of breast cancer in females
  - Incidence of breast cancer in males
- 3 Mortality from breast cancer (96KB XLS)
  - About mortality from breast cancer
  - Mortality of females from breast cancer
  - Mortality of males from breast cancer
- 4 Survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer (92KB XLS)
  - About survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer
  - Survival of females with breast cancer
  - What was the prospect of survival for males with breast cancer?
- 5 Prevalence of breast cancer
  - About prevalence of breast cancer
  - Prevalence of breast cancer in females
  - Prevalence of breast cancer in males
- 6 Burden of disease due to breast cancer (50KB XLS)
  - About burden of disease due to breast cancer
  - Burden of disease due to breast cancer in females
  - Burden of disease due to breast cancer in males
- 7 Mammography (83KB XLS)
  - About mammography
  - BreastScreen Australia
  - MBS-funded mammography in 2011
- 8 Hospitalisations for breast cancer (88KB XLS)
  - About hospitalisations for breast cancer
  - Hospitalisations of females for breast cancer
  - Hospitalisations of males for breast cancer
- 9 Expenditure on breast cancer (49KB XLS)
  - About expenditure on breast cancer
  - Expenditure on breast cancer for females
  - Expenditure on breast cancer for males
End matter
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Classifications
  - Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas
  - Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
  - International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
  - International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Australian
  - modification
  - Australian Classification of Health Interventions
  - Standard Australian Classification of Countries
- Appendix B: Statistical methods and technical notes
  - Age-specific rates
  - Age-standardised rates
  - Age-standardised average length of stay
  - Confidence intervals
  - Mortality-to-incidence ratio
  - Prevalence
  - Projection method
  - Rate ratio
  - Relative survival
  - Risk to age 85
- Appendix C: Data sources
  - Australian Cancer Database
  - Burden of disease data
  - Disease Expenditure Database
  - GLOBOCAN
  - National Death Index
  - National Hospital Morbidity Database
  - National Mortality Database
  - Population data
- Appendix D: Additional tables
  - Additional tables for Chapter 2: Incidence of breast cancer
  - Additional tables for Chapter 3: Mortality from breast cancer
  - Additional tables for Chapter 4: Survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer
  - Additional tables for Chapter 6: Burden of disease due to breast cancer
  - Additional tables for Chapter 7: Mammography
  - Additional tables for Chapter 8: Hospitalisations for breast cancer
  - Additional tables for Chapter 9: Expenditure on breast cancer
- Appendix E: Definition of breast cancer-related hospitalisations
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