Cancer in Australia: in brief 2012

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Release Date: 11 Dec 2012

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2012). Cancer in Australia: in brief 2012. CAN 69. Canberra: AIHW.

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Cancer in Australia: in brief 2012 presents key points and trends from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s latest biennial report about cancer in Australia, Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2012.

ISSN: 1039-3307
ISBN: 978-1-74249-380-0
Cat. no: CAN 69
Pages: 24

Findings from this report:

Cancer outcomes differ by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, remoteness area and socioeconomic status
The most commonly reported cancers in 2012 are expected to be prostate cancer, followed by bowel cancer
For all cancers combined, the age-standardised mortality rate decreased by 17% from 1991
Five-year survival from all cancers combined increased from 47% in 1982–1987 to 66% in 2006–2010

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What is cancer?
What are the risk factors?
Incidence in 2012
Which cancers are most common?
Incidence rates increase with age
New cases have risen
Incidence trend varies by cancer type
Deaths in 2010
Top causes of death
Mortality rates increase with age
Overall mortality rates down
Mortality trend varies by cancer type
Survival improves
Survival varies by cancer types
Survival prospects decrease with age
High Indigenous rates
Rates differ by remoteness areas
Rates differ by socioeconomic status
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