Changes in cancer incidence and mortality in Australia over the period 1996–2015

Luo, Qingwei; Steinberg, Julia; O’Connell, Dianne L.; Grogan, Paul B.; Canfell, Karen; Feletto, Eleonora

doi:10.1186/s13104-020-05395-6

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Table 2 Changes in cumulative numbers of new cases and deaths in Australia over the period 1996–2015 by sex for people aged under 75 years (A number of new cases; B number of deaths)

From: Changes in cancer incidence and mortality in Australia over the period 1996–2015

Cancer type	Observed in 1996–2015 (O)			Expected in 1996–2015 (E)^a		Difference (O − E)				% change [100 × (O − E)/E]
Cancer type	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Male	Total	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
(A) Number of new cases (ranked by the total numbers of cases observed in 2015)
All cancers aged 0–74 years	811,377	655,832	1,467,209	805,437	632,546	1,437,983	5940	23,286	29,226	0.7	3.7	2.0
Aged 15–74 years
Prostate (C61)	230,348		230,348	200,710		200,710	29,638		29,638	14.8		14.8
Breast (C50)		214,545	214,545		204,593	204,593		9952	9952		4.9	4.9
Colon and rectum (C18–C20)	98,326	70,456	168,782	107,418	75,022	182,440	− 9092	− 4567	− 13,658	− 8.5	− 6.1	− 7.5
Melanoma (C43)	91,016	69,800	160,816	83,808	67,162	150,970	7208	2638	9846	8.6	3.9	6.5
Lung (C33–C34)	74,067	45,530	119,597	97,223	40,198	137,422	− 23,156	5331	− 17,825	− 23.8	13.3	− 13.0
Head and neck (C00–C14, C30–C32)	44,829	14,176	59,006	52,087	15,269	67,356	− 7257	− 1093	− 8350	− 13.9	− 7.2	− 12.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–C85)	31,421	22,760	54,181	29,527	22,698	52,226	1894	62	1956	6.4	0.3	3.7
Kidney (C64)	24,477	12,162	36,639	19,579	9,894	29,473	4897	2268	7166	25.0	22.9	24.3
Leukaemia (C91–C95)	22,572	13,812	36,384	20,747	12,966	33,713	1825	846	2671	8.8	6.5	7.9
Thyroid (C73)	8092	24,150	32,241	4434	13,157	17,590	3658	10,993	14,651	82.5	83.6	83.3
Corpus uteri and uterus (C54–C55)		30,178	30,178		26,353	26,353		3825	3825		14.5	14.5
Unknown primary (C77–C80, C97)	15,491	10,956	26,447	23,574	17,079	40,652	− 8083	− 6123	− 14,205	− 34.3	− 35.8	− 34.9
Pancreas (C25)	15,207	11,178	26,385	14,170	9461	23,632	1037	1717	2753	7.3	18.1	11.7
Stomach (C16)	16,156	7365	23,520	20,448	8617	29,065	− 4292	− 1253	− 5545	− 21.0	− 14.5	− 19.1
Bladder (C67)	17,543	4921	22,465	24,066	6296	30,362	− 6523	− 1375	− 7897	− 27.1	− 21.8	− 26.0
Brain (C71)	13,115	8604	21,719	13,193	8782	21,976	− 78	− 179	− 257	− 0.6	− 2.0	− 1.2
Ovary (C56)		17,894	17,894		20,716	20,716		− 2822	− 2822		− 13.6	− 13.6
Liver (C22)	12,813	3808	16,621	7703	2282	9985	5110	1526	6636	66.3	66.8	66.5
Oesophagus (C15)	11,232	3534	14,766	11,163	4398	15,561	69	− 863	− 795	0.6	− 19.6	− 5.1
Cervix (C53)		13,959	13,959		21,364	21,364		− 7405	− 7405		− 34.7	− 34.7
Testis (C62)	13,314		13,314	11,516		11,516	1799		1799	15.6		15.6
Gallbladder and bile duct (C23-C24)	3607	3785	7392	4191	4474	8665	− 584	− 689	− 1273	− 13.9	− 15.4	− 14.7
Other	60,980	46,568	107,548	53,126	36,493	89,619	7854	10,075	17,928	14.8	27.6	20.0
All cancers aged 0–14 years	6768	5693	12,461	6754	5270	12,024	15	423	437	0.2	8.0	3.6
(B) Number of deaths (ranked by the total numbers of deaths observed in 2015)
All cancers aged 0–74 years	236,831	174,406	411,236	305,838	212,302	518,140	− 69,007	− 37,896	− 106,903	− 22.6	− 17.9	− 20.6
Aged 15–74 years
Lung (C33–C34)	55,411	30,826	86,237	81,911	31,698	113,610	− 26,500	− 872	− 27,373	− 32.4	− 2.8	− 24.1
Colon and rectum (C18–C20, C26.0)	30,069	19,822	49,892	42,666	27,939	70,604	− 12,596	− 8116	− 20,713	− 29.5	− 29.1	− 29.3
Breast (C50)		34,542	34,542		45,804	45,804		− 11,262	− 11,262		− 24.6	− 24.6
Unknown primary (C77–C80, C97)	13,234	9531	22,765	17,317	12,133	29,450	− 4083	− 2602	− 6685	− 23.6	− 21.4	− 22.7
Pancreas (C25)	12,716	8991	21,707	12,899	8448	21,348	− 183	542	359	− 1.4	6.4	1.7
Brain (C71)	10,302	6538	16,841	11,293	7518	18,811	− 990	− 980	− 1970	− 8.8	− 13.0	− 10.5
Prostate (C61)	16,596		16,596	23,916		23,916	− 7320		− 7320	− 30.6		− 30.6
Melanoma (C43)	9985	4801	14,786	10,389	5116	15,505	− 404	− 315	− 719	− 3.9	− 6.2	− 4.6
Non–Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–C85)	8468	5518	13,987	12,111	8775	20,886	− 3643	− 3256	− 6899	− 30.1	− 37.1	− 33.0
Leukaemia (C91–C95)	8449	5252	13,701	10,586	6243	16,830	− 2137	− 991	− 3129	− 20.2	− 15.9	− 18.6
Liver (C22)	9402	3614	13,015	6886	2699	9585	2516	915	3431	36.5	33.9	35.8
Head and neck (C00–C14, C30–C32)	10,001	2505	12,507	14,439	3180	17,619	− 4438	− 674	− 5112	− 30.7	− 21.2	− 29.0
Oesophagus (C15)	9799	2542	12,340	10,301	3299	13,600	− 502	− 757	− 1260	− 4.9	− 23.0	− 9.3
Stomach (C16)	8093	3924	12,016	12,189	5323	17,511	− 4096	− 1399	− 5495	− 33.6	− 26.3	− 31.4
Ovary (C56)		9899	9899		12,361	12,361		− 2462	− 2462		− 19.9	− 19.9
Kidney (C64)	6202	2846	9048	7478	4045	11,523	− 1276	− 1199	− 2475	− 17.1	− 29.6	− 21.5
Bladder (C67)	4668	1545	6213	6016	1993	8009	− 1348	− 448	− 1796	− 22.4	− 22.5	− 22.4
Corpus uteri and uterus (C54–C55)		3659	3659		3635	3635		24	24		0.7	0.7
Cervix (C53)		3365	3365		5975	5975		− 2610	− 2610		− 43.7	− 43.7
Gallbladder and bile duct (C23–C24)	1058	1535	2593	1659	2528	4187	− 600	− 993	− 1594	− 36.2	− 39.3	− 38.1
Thyroid (C73)	527	523	1051	406	516	922	121	8	129	29.9	1.5	14.0
Testis (C62)	384		384	642		642	− 258		− 258	− 40.2		− 40.2
Other	20,275	11,702	31,978	20,832	11,838	32,670	− 557	− 135	− 693	− 2.7	− 1.1	− 2.1
All cancers aged 0–14 years	1190	926	2116	1901	1237	3138	− 711	− 311	− 1022	− 37.4	− 25.1	− 32.6

All cancers combined: ICD-10 codes C00–C97, D45, D46, D47.1, D47.3–D47.5, C26.0 (“malignant neoplasms of the intestinal tract unspecified”) was included in colorectal cancer mortality, as it has been reported that deaths certified as ‘bowel cancer’ tended to be coded to C26.0 [7]
^aThe expected total number of new cases or deaths in 1996–2015 was calculated by multiplying the smoothed sex-age-specific incidence or mortality rate in 1995 by the estimated populations for 1996–2015

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