This report provides comprehensive national statistics on breast cancer in females, presenting the latest data and trends over time, including:

• number of breast cancers diagnosed each year (Chapter 2)
• number of people who die from breast cancer each year (Chapter 3)
• survival prospect for those diagnosed with breast cancer (Chapter 4)
• number of people alive who have been diagnosed with breast cancer (Chapter 5)
• total burden of disease due to breast cancer (Chapter 6)
• number of women who have had a mammogram through BreastScreen Australia (Chapter 7)
• number of hospitalisations for breast cancer each year (Chapter 8)
• extent of health care spending on breast cancer (Chapter 9).

Differences by remoteness area, socioeconomic status, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, country of birth and
international comparisons are also discussed.

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The percentage of Victorian women with diagnosed cancer by age group. Data is also available in a time series comparison.  Further Info

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http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/vphs_current.htm

This report provides an overview of ovarian cancer in Australia, including data on incidence and trends, types of ovarian cancer, differences across population groups, mortality, survival after diagnosis, prevalance, burden of disease, hospitalisation, and health expenditure.  Further Info

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http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/can/48/11158.pdf

This publication reports on a range of measures under the National Healthcare Agreement. These include the incidence of cervical cancer and breast cancer, numbers accessing breast and bowel screening programs, as well as a comparison of five year survival rates for different cancers. This data is also available from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.   Further Info

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http://www.coagreformcouncil.gov.au/reports/healthcare.cfm

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program annual monitoring report 2009 presented estimated national statistics on key program activity, performance and outcome indicators for people invited to screen in 2008. Using the latest program data to January 2010, this data supplement provides final statistics on participation, documented follow-up procedures, and cancer and bowel abnormality detection outcomes for these people.
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