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Australia - Tasmania Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 2000

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Cancer in Tasmania, Incidence and Mortality 2000
Geography 
Australia (AUS)
Tasmania
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
01/2000 - 12/2000
Data type
Disease registry:
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

This report provides incidence and mortality tables for new cases, deaths, and crude, cumulative, and age standardized rates based on 2000 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 female breast cancer data from 1997-2000, provides regional distributions of cancer, and demonstrates cancer trends from 1980-2000.

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.