1 Preface
1.1 Suggested citation
Baade P, Mengersen K, Cameron J, Dasgupta P, Cramb S, Saunders T, Azad S, Aitken J. Australian Cancer Atlas 2.0 – Technical Report. Cancer Council Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. May 2024.
1.2 List of acronyms and abbreviations
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ASGS Australian Statistical Geography Standard
BYM Besag, York and Mollié
CCQ Cancer Council Queensland
ERP Estimated resident population
MCMC Markov Chain Monte Carlo
QUT Queensland University of Technology
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
SR Survival ratio
SA2 Statistical Area Level 2
SIR Standardised incidence ratio
SPR Standardised participation ratio
SSR Standardised separation rate ratio
1.4 Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank members of the Australian Cancer Atlas 2.0 project team for their contributions, and the advice provided by the Project Advisory Group. We also appreciated the ongoing support of the individual state- and territory-based cancer registries, the Australasian Association of Cancer Registries, and the other data custodians who provided data for this project.
1.5 Contact
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