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Australian State and Territory data

All cases of cancer in Australia are notifiable by legislation to state and territory cancer registries. These registries report to the National Cancer Statistics Clearing House(NCSCH) which is operated by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) under the supervision of the Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR). National data presented in this article were provided by the AIHW. State and territory data were provided by the relevant registry through the AIHW.

Figure 7 shows the five-year rolling average number of new cases of mesothelioma occurring in each state and territory over the time period 1982–1986 to 2001–2005: the period for which data is available for all states and territories. Five-year rolling averages are used to preserve confidentiality.

Figure 12 shows the average number of deaths due to mesothelioma occurring in each state and territory over the time period for which data are available. Five-year rolling averages are used to preserve confidentiality.