During the period from January 1998 to December 2000, lung cancer recorded an average crude mortality rate of 41 per 100,000 persons per year, the highest rate of any cancer. Lung cancer also recorded the highest average crude mortality rate for each region of Tasmania.
Breast cancer and prostate cancer were both reponsible for an average crude mortality rate of 31 per 100,000 females or males respectively per year.
MORTALITY OF MOST FREQUENTLY DIAGNOSED CANCERS, Tasmanian regions - January 1998-December 2000 |
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| Cancer site | Greater Hobart-
Southern | Northern | Mersey-Lyell | Tasmania |
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| Number (3 year total) |  | | | |
| Lung | 299 | 165 | 119 | 583 |
| Colon | 141 | 75 | 72 | 288 |
| Unspecified site | 122 | 65 | 47 | 234 |
| Breast | 105 | 65 | 53 | 223 |
| Prostate | 106 | 55 | 58 | 219 |
| Rectum | 74 | 49 | 37 | 160 |
| All lymphomas | 73 | 34 | 36 | 143 |
| Pancreas | 72 | 27 | 29 | 128 |
| Stomach | 55 | 32 | 24 | 111 |
| All leukaemias | 59 | 23 | 15 | 97 |
Average crude rate(a)(b)(c) |
| Lung | 43 | 41 | 37 | 41 |
| Colon | 21 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| Unspecified site | 18 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
| Breast(d) | 30 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| Prostate(d) | 31 | 28 | 36 | 31 |
| Rectum | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| All lymphomas | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Pancreas | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Stomach | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| All leukaemias | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
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(a) Per 100,000 persons per year (excluding prostate and breast cancer, which are sex-specific and therefore calculated for the relevant population).
(b) These are average crude rates and have not been age standardised. Cancer registries generally produce age standardised rates.
(c) An average Estimated Resident Population figure (average of 1998 to 2000 figures) was used to calculate average crude rates per year.
(d) The rate for prostate cancer relates to 100,000 males per year and the rate for breast cancer relates to 100,000 females per year.
Source: Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania. |
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