Cancer In Gippsland 2017

Cancer in Victoria 2017

Cancer is a leading burden of disease in Victoria; there are 95 new diagnoses every day.

On average 30 Victorians died from cancer in Victoria in 2017.
46% of cancers diagnosed are in Victorians over 70 years and less than 2% in those aged under 30 years of age.
The five most common cancers in Victoria are prostate, breast, bowel, lung and melanoma, they collectively count for 57% of all new cancers and 46% of all cancer deaths.
Mortality rates for Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were significantly higher in both men and women. Mortality are at least twice those for Victorians of other descent.
The over 85 age group continue to represent the highest total deaths for the 2013-2016 period.
The 65-69 age group represent the highest number of newly diagnosed with cancer across the 11 tumour streams in Gippsland.
Men represented 55.3% of newly diagnosed patients compared to women 44.7% for the period 2013-2017 in Gippsland.
Men represented 57.8% of deaths in Gippsland for the 2013-2017 period compared to women who accounted for 42.2% of deaths for the same period.
Men represented 53.9% of newly diagnosed patients in Victoria compared to women 46.1% across all 11 tumour streams.
Men represented 55.3% deaths in Victoria compared to 44.7% of women in Victoria for the 2013-17 period.

Data presented in this report is supplied by Victorian Cancer Registry; this Incidence data is published yearly and may change according to updates.

Registry Data 2018