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Burden of cancer in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Burden of cancer in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 November 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Burden of cancer in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Burden of cancer in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Burden of cancer in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Burden of cancer in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, AIHW, Canberra.
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Cancer was the greatest cause of health burden in Australia in 2011, accounting for around one-fifth of the total disease burden. Most (94%) of this burden was due to dying prematurely, with only a small proportion of the burden due to living with a cancer diagnosis. This report explores in further detail the burden of cancer in Australia, including cancer burden in Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, and by remoteness and socioeconomic group. It also looks at how the cancer burden has changed since 2003, and the potential burden of cancer expected in 2020.
- ISSN: 2204-4108 (PDF) 2006-4508 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-140-8
- Cat. no: BOD 13
- Pages: 142
Findings from this report:
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Cancer was the greatest cause of health burden in Australia in 2011, accounting for 19% of the total disease burden
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48% of the total cancer burden in 2011 is from 5 cancers—lung, bowel, breast, prostate and pancreatic cancers
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22% of the total cancer burden can be attributed to tobacco use
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Lung cancer burden in females & liver cancer in both sexes is expected to increase with increasing incidence & mortality