National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2021

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termProgress measure
Short name:Help on this termPI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2021
METEOR identifier:Help on this term725826
Registration status:Help on this term
Description:Help on this term

Incidence of selected cancers of public health importance.

Indicator set:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement (2021)
Health, Standard 19/11/2020
Outcome area:Help on this termPrevention
Health, Standard 07/07/2010

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian Standard Population.

Analyses by state and territory, remoteness and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) are based on the Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) of the person at the time of their diagnosis.

Rates that are considered unstable and should be interpreted with caution will be noted. Rates that are considered very unstable will not be published.

Presented as:

  • a number (for state and territory by cancer type disaggregations)
  • per 100,000.
Computation:Help on this term

100,000 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for each type of cancer.

Numerator:Help on this term

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 females in the reported year.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Person with cancer—morphology of cancer, code (ICD-O-3) NNNN/N

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Patient—diagnosis date of cancer, DDMMYYYY

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Denominator:Help on this term

For melanoma, bowel and lung cancer: Total population.

For cervical and breast cancer in females: Total female population.

Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—estimated Indigenous population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data Source

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—projected Indigenous population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data Source

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—sex, code X

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—sex, code X

Data Source

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2016, 2017, 2018 — State and territory, by:

  • cancer type
  • cancer type and Indigenous status
  • cancer type and remoteness (Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 Remoteness Structure)
  • cancer type and 2016 SEIFA IRSD quintiles (not reported).

2016, 2017, 2018 — Nationally, by:

  • cancer type and 2016 SEIFA IRSD deciles (not reported).

Cancer types in these disaggregations comprise: bowel cancer (ICD-10 2016 version codes C18–C20), lung cancer (C33–C34), melanoma of the skin (C43), female breast cancer (C50) and cervical cancer (C53).

The 2018 tables only include data from Victoria.

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data
Used for disaggregation by state/territory, remoteness and SEIFA

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2021 National Healthcare Agreement performance reporting: 2018 for Victoria; 2017 for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory; 2016 for the Northern Territory.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termRate
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termEpisode
Format:Help on this term

N[NN].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termHealth conditions

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Frequency

Periodic

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Frequency

Quarterly

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this term

National Healthcare Agreement

Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Further data development / collection required:Help on this term

Specification: Final, the measure meets the intention of the indicator.

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.5–Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2019
See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.2–Incidence of selected cancers, 2019
Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2020
Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2022
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2021