National Healthcare Agreement: PI 04-Incidence of selected cancers, 2012

Collection and usage attributes

Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) are based on postcode of residential address at the time of diagnosis.

95% confidence intervals calculated for rates

Presented as:

• a number 
• per 100,000.

100,000 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

For melanoma, bowel and lung cancer: Number of new cases in the reported year

For cervical and breast cancer in females: Number of new cases in women in the reported year

For melanoma, bowel and lung cancer: Total population

2008—Nationally (for each cancer type), by SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles

2008—State and territory (for each cancer type), by:

• Indigenous status
• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
• SEIFA IRSD quintiles

2006 (revised to correct national melanoma data by remoteness)—State and territory (for each cancer type), by:

• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Most recent data available for 2012 CRC baseline report: 2008.

Representational attributes

Indicator conceptual framework

Data source attributes

Accountability attributes

Relational attributes