Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.5–Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2020

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termAHPF PI 2.1.5–Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2020
METEOR identifier:Help on this term728335
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Description:Help on this term

Five-year relative survival proportions for people diagnosed with selected cancers of public health importance.

Indicator set:Help on this termAustralian Health Performance Framework, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

The probability of surviving 5 years in people with cancer is divided by the probability of surviving 5 years in the general population (matched on age, sex and calendar year).

Analysis will be undertaken using the ‘period’ method of calculation. See Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia: period estimates from 1982 to 2010.

Presented as a percentage.

Computation:Help on this term

100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Numerator:Help on this term

Probability of surviving for 5 years in the people diagnosed with cancer.

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

Data Element

 Person—date of death

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

 Person—sex

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Patient—diagnosis date of cancer

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—date of birth

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Denominator:Help on this term

Probability of surviving for 5 years in the general population

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

Data Source

ABS Life Tables

Guide for use

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

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2012–16—Nationally, by:

  • sex: males, females and persons
  • cancer type: bowel cancer, lung cancer, melanoma of the skin, female breast cancer, cervical cancer and all cancers combined.

The definitions of the cancer types are as follows: bowel cancer (ICD-10 (2016 version) codes C18–C20), lung cancer (C33–C34), melanoma of the skin (C43), female breast cancer (C50), cervical cancer (C53) and all cancers combined' comprises ICD-10 (2016 version) codes C00–C97, D45–D46, D47.1, D47.3–D47.5, except basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin (part of C44).

Northern Territory data for 2016 are not available.

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

Data Element

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

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

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

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Person—sex

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Guide for use

Data source type: Cancer registry data

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2020 Australian Health Performance Framework reporting: 2012–16.

Northern Territory data for 2016 are not available.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termPercentage
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this term

N[NN].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this term1. Effectiveness

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS Life Tables

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

Australian Cancer Database

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this term

Australian Health Performance Framework

Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this term

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2012. Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia: period estimates from 1982 to 2010. Cancer series no. 69. Cat. no. CAN 65. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 7 November 2019,
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-survival-and-prevalence-in-australia-perio/contents/table-of-contents.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes 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, 2020
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2020
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2022
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2020
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2022