Due to the different types of cancer that occur in children, we have restricted the Australian Cancer Atlas to those cancers diagnosed among Australians aged 15 years or older.
The analyses for cancer survival include people aged 15-89 years when diagnosed with cancer.
The age ranges for other measures also vary. For example, public-funded breast screening is 50-74 years, bowel screening is 50-74 years, cervical screening is 25-74 years and PSA testing is 50-79 years. These age ranges correspond to the target ages for the screening programmes. Estimates for cancer risk factors are for Australians aged 15 years and over. Finally, the estimates for prostate cancer-related hospital treatments are for males aged 40 years and over.
