Brain Tumour Statistics for Brain Cancer Action Week 2016

Brain Tumour Statistics 2016.

This two page document provides a summary of key statistics on incidence, mortality, hospitalisations and more.

The incidence statistics are compiled by the Australian Institute of Health and Wellfare (AIHW).

The data on deaths by age group is from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 

The statistics exclude benign brain tumours and secondary brain tumours arising from other sites (e.g. breast, melanoma, bowel).  

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