Development of the Australian Cancer Atlas: spatial modelling, visualisation, and reporting of estimates

Table 1 Time period and data sparsity by type of cancer

Cancer type	Total diagnoses	Number of SA2s with 0 counts			Number of SA2s with 0 people at risk 2006–2014
Cancer type	Total diagnoses	M	F	P	M	F	P
2010–2014
All cancers C00–C97, D45, D46, D47.1, D47.3–D47.5	615,192	29	42	26	21	31	18
Bowel cancer (C18–C20)	74,223	71	88	61	60	74	48
Lung cancer (C33–C34)	54,792	90	115	74	71	91	64
Melanoma of the skin (C43)	61,310	95	110	73	74	88	42
Breast cancer^a (C50)	77,992	–	62	–	–	46	–
Prostate cancer^b (C61)	99,681	57	–	–	41	–	–
2005–2014
Head and neck cancer (C00–C14, C30–C32)	40,441	72	211	67	73	223	67
Oesophageal cancer (C15)	13,362	252	700	170	264	751	177
Stomach cancer (C16)	20,084	192	433	139	201	476	146
Liver cancer (C22)	14,985	244	660	172	264	728	186
Pancreatic cancer (C25)	26,939	162	223	103	176	253	106
Cervical cancer^a (C53)	7930	–	302	–	–	308	–
Uterine cancer^a (C54–C55)	22,020	–	101	–	–	105	–
Ovarian cancer^a (C56)	13,267	–	199	–	–	211	–
Kidney cancer (C64)	28,212	114	248	91	116	252	92
Brain cancer (C71)	14,933	255	392	156	269	418	165
Thyroid cancer (C73)	21,895	443	189	123	452	192	125
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–C86)	45,169	96	146	71	96	152	71
Myeloma (C90)	15,264	279	431	172	294	456	182
Leukaemia (C91–C95)	30,737	124	200	88	134	217	91

M males, F females, P persons
^a Females only
^b Males only note that only the 2148 SA2s considered to have a residential population are included

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