Australia - Tasmania Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 1997
General Info
Original or alternative title
Cancer in Tasmania, Incidence and Mortality 1997
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
January, 1997 - December, 1997
Series or system
Data type
Disease registry:
Subnationally representative
Summary
This report provides incidence and mortality tables for new cases, deaths, as well as crude, cumulative, and age standardized rates based on 1997 data from the Tasmanian Cancer Registry. The tables are broken down by sex and 5 year age groups and cancers are coded in ICD-9. The report highlights female breast cancer data from 1978-1997 and non-melanoma skin cancer data for 1980, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, and 1997, and provides regional distribution of cancers.
Incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer is not recorded but mortality numbers are provided.
Additional cancer data can be requested from the Tasmanian Cancer Registry.
Keywords
Bladder cancer, Brain and nervous system cancers, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers, Hodgkin lymphoma, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Larynx cancer, Leukemia, Life expectancy, Liver cancer, Melanoma, Mortality, Mouth cancer, Multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Pharynx cancers, Population, Prostate cancer, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Testicular cancer, Thyroid cancer
Citation
Contributors
Publication year
2000
Suggested citation
Menzies Center for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania (Australia), Tasmanian Cancer Registry. Australia - Tasmania Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 1997. Hobart, Australia: Menzies Center for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania (Australia), 2000.