Australian cancer
December 16, 2010
DESPITE the 27% increase in the
incidence rate of cancer in
Australia over the past twenty years,
the overall death rate for the
disease has fallen, according to the
latest report by the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare.
According to the report’s findings
between 1982 and 2007 the
incidence rate of cancer rose from
383 cases per 100,000 to 485
cases per 100,000.
“This increase can be partly
explained by the ageing and
increasing size of the population,”
said Chris Sturrock of the Institute’s
Cancer and Screening Unit.
The report, ‘Cancer in Australia:
an overview, 2010’, also found
that cancer was more common in
older Australians, with 68% of
diagnosed patients over 60yrs old.
The good news however, is that
mortality rates between 1982 and
2007 have dropped by a total of
16%, from an average of 209 to
176 deaths per annum.
See www.aihw.gov.au for details.
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