Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Preface
    • Contributors
    • Executive summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction 
      • What is cancer?
      • Cancer surveillance in Australia
      • The National Cancer Statistics Clearing House
      • Structure of this report
    2. Cancer in Australia
      • General 
      • Most common cancers
      • Age and sex differences
      • Alcohol and smoking-related cancers
      • Cancer rates in States and Territories 1994 - 1998
      • International comparisons
    3. Cancer trends
      • National trends in cancer incidence and mortality 
      • Analysis of cancers of unknown primary site 
    4. Incidence and mortality tables 
      • Guide to interpreting incidence and mortality tables
    5. Summary tables 1998 
    6. Tables for selected cancers 1998 
  • End matter
    • Appendixes 
      • Appendix A: International Classification of Diseases - Ninth Revision - cancer site - codes and combinations
      • Appendix B: Methods
      • Appendix C: Population data
      • Appendix D: Cancer registration in Australia
      • Appendix E: Cancer registries contact list
      • Appendix F: Tables published on the Internet
    • Glossary
    • Data sources
    • References
    • Related publications

Appendixes

  • Table 1: All cancers (except non-melanocytic skin cancers) (ICD-9 140 - 172, 174 - 208) 
  • Table 2: Cancer of the lip (ICD-9 140)
  • Table 3: Cancer of the tongue (ICD-9 141)
  • Table 4: Cancer of the salivary gland (ICD-9 142)
  • Table 5: Cancer of the gum (ICD-9 143)
  • Table 6: Cancer of the floor of mouth (ICD-9 144)
  • Table 7: Cancer of other and unspecified parts of mouth (ICD-9 145)
  • Table 8: Cancer of the oropharynx (ICD-9 146)
  • Table 9: Cancer of the nasopharynx (ICD-9 147)
  • Table 10: Cancer of the hypopharynx (ICD-9 148)
  • Table 11: Cancer of other sites within the lip, oral cavity and pharynx (ICD-9 149)
  • Table 12: Cancer of the head and neck (ICD-9 141-149)
  • Table 13: Cancer of the oesophagus (ICD-9 150)
  • Table 14: Cancer of the stomach (ICD-9 151)
  • Table 15: Cancer of the small intestine (ICD-9 152)
  • Table 16: Cancer of the colon (ICD-9 153)
  • Table 17: Cancer of the rectum (ICD-9 154)
  • Table 18: Cancer of the colon and rectum (ICD-9 153 - 154)
  • Table 19: Cancer of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (ICD-9 155)
  • Table 20: Cancer of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts (ICD-9 156)
  • Table 21: Cancer of the pancreas (ICD-9 157)
  • Table 22: Cancer of the retroperitoneum and peritoneum (ICD-9 158)
  • Table 23: Cancer of the unspecified digestive organs (ICD-9 159)
  • Table 24: Cancer of the nasal cavities, middle ear and accessory sinuses (ICD-9 160)
  • Table 25: Cancer of the larynx (ICD-9 161)
  • Table 26: Cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung (ICD-9 162)
  • Table 27: Cancer of the pleura (ICD-9 163)
  • Table 28: Cancer of the other respiratory organs (ICD-9 164 - 165)
  • Table 29: Cancer of the bone and articular cartilage (ICD-9 170)
  • Table 30: Cancer of the connective and other soft tissue (ICD-9 171)
  • Table 31: Cancer of the skin -- melanoma (ICD-9 172)
  • Table 32: Cancer of the skin -- non-melanocytic (ICD-9 173)
  • Table 33: Cancer of the breast (ICD-9 174 - 175) (679K XLS)
  • Table 34: Cancer of the cervix (ICD-9 180)
  • Table 35: Cancer of the placenta (ICD-9 181)
  • Table 36: Cancer of the uterus (ICD-9 179 + 182)
  • Table 37: Cancer of the ovary and other uterine adnexae (ICD-9 183)
  • Table 38: Cancer of the other and unspecified female genital organs (ICD-9 184)
  • Table 39: Gynaecological cancers (ICD-9 179 - 180, 182 - 184)
  • Table 40: Cancer of the prostate (ICD-9 185)
  • Table 41: Cancer of the testis (ICD-9 186)
  • Table 42: Cancer of the penis and other male genital organs (ICD-9 187)
  • Table 43: Cancer of the bladder (ICD-9 188)
  • Table 44: Cancer of the kidney and other and unspecified urinary organs (ICD-9 189)
  • Table 45: Cancer of the eye (ICD-9 190)
  • Table 46: Cancer of the brain (ICD-9 191)
  • Table 47: Cancers of other central nervous system (ICD-9 192)
  • Table 48: Cancers of the brain and nervous system (ICD-9 191-192)
  • Table 49: Cancer of the thyroid gland (ICD-9 193)
  • Table 50: Cancers of other endocrine glands (ICD-9 194)
  • Table 51: Cancers of unknown primary site (ICD-9 195 - 199)
  • Table 52: Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma (ICD-9 200)
  • Table 53: Hodgkin's disease (ICD-9 201)
  • Table 54: Lymphoid and histiocytic tissue (ICD-9 202)
  • Table 55: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ICD-9 200 + 202)
  • Table 56: Lymphomas (ICD-9 200 - 202)
  • Table 57: Multiple myeloma (ICD-9 203)
  • Table 58: Lymphatic leukaemia (ICD-9 204)
  • Table 59: Acute lymphatic leukaemia (ICD-9 204.0)
  • Table 60: Chronic lymphatic leukaemia (ICD-9 204.1)
  • Table 61: Myeloid leukaemia (ICD-9 205)
  • Table 62: Acute myeloid leukaemia (ICD-9 205.0)
  • Table 63: Chronic myeloid leukaemia (ICD-9 205.1)
  • Table 64: Monocytic leukaemia (ICD-9 206)
  • Table 65: Other specified leukaemia (ICD-9 207)
  • Table 66: Unspecified leukaemia (ICD-9 208)
  • Table 67: Other and unspecified leukaemia (ICD-9 207 - 208)
  • Table 68: Leukaemias (ICD-9 204 - 208)
  • Table 69: Alcohol-related cancers
  • Table 70: Smoking-related cancers