Cancer Statistics
The following report was created by the Cancer Council of Victoria. To download this document simply click on the following link - Download Cancer in Victoria 2004
Cancer incidence in Grampians DHS region 2000 – 2005
New cases diagnosed in the 3 years 2000-2002 by age group, sex and leading cancer sites.
New cases in 3 years
| Leading cancer sites |
Males |
Females |
Totals |
% of total |
| Bowel |
266 |
233 |
499 |
16.7% |
| Prostate |
396 |
- |
396 |
13.2% |
| Breast |
- |
377 |
377 |
12.6% |
|
Lung
|
212 |
83 |
295 |
9.9% |
| Melanoma |
116 |
99 |
215 |
7.2% |
| Head & Neck |
96 |
30 |
126 |
4.2% |
|
Bladder
|
81 |
29 |
110 |
3.7% |
| Lymphoma |
52 |
55 |
107 |
3.6% |
|
Leukaemia
|
57 |
46 |
103 |
3.4% |
|
Kidney
|
41 |
38 |
79 |
2.6% |
|
Pancreas
|
38 |
35 |
73 |
2.4% |
|
Stomach
|
43 |
28 |
71 |
2.4% |
|
Uterus
|
- |
66 |
66 |
2.2% |
|
Brain & CNS
|
32 |
34 |
66 |
2.2% |
|
Other sites (<2% cases)
|
215 |
260 |
475 |
15.9% |
|
All malignant tumours
|
1,613 |
1,379 |
2,992 |
100.0% |
Source: Victoria Cancer Registry, Dec 2004
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