Australia - Tasmania Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 1995
General Info
Original or alternative title
Cancer in Tasmania, Incidence and Mortality 1995
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
January, 1995 - December, 1995
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 1995 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 also highlights cutaneous malignant melanoma data from 1978-1996 and provides regional distributions 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
1997
Suggested citation
Menzies Center for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania (Australia), Tasmanian Cancer Registry. Australia - Tasmania Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 1995. Hobart, Australia: Menzies Center for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania (Australia), 1997.