Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.2–Incidence of selected cancers, 2020

Collection and usage attributes

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 state or territory and 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 Rates that are considered very unstable will not be published.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.

100,000 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for each type of cancer.

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.

For melanoma, bowel and lung cancer: Total population.

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

2016—State and territory (excluding Northern Territory), by:

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

2016—Nationally (excluding Northern Territory), by:

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

2010–2014—Primary Health Network (PHN), by:

• Cancer type.

Data are provided as counts of new cases and age-standardised rates. Northern Territory data for 2016 are not available.

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).

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Most recent data available for 2020 Australian Health Performance Framework reporting: 2016 (state/territory and national, excluding NT); 2010–2014 (PHN).

NSW data for 2016 are not available.

Representational attributes

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Indicator conceptual framework

Data source attributes

Accountability attributes

Australian Health Performance Framework

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Source and reference attributes

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes