Cancer rates in Aus

December 17, 2010

ACCORDING to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report mentioned in yesterday’s PD, the overall cancer death rate in Australia fell by 16% between 1982 and 2007, from 209 to 176 deaths per 100,000 people. This drop in mortality rates was observed for all of the most common types of cancer, except lung cancer in women, for which the death rate rose by 56% between 1982 and 2007.

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