In 2023, the cancer which was most commonly diagnosed among females in Australia was breast cancer with over 20,400 cases. This was almost a third of the overall twenty most common female cancer diagnoses for 2023. Comparatively, there were just over 1,470 diagnoses of kidney cancer.
Number of female cancer incidences in Australia in 2023, by leading type
Characteristic
Number of cases
Breast cancer
20,458
Melanoma of the skin
7,618
Colorectal cancer
7,234
Lung cancer
7,086
Uterine cancer
3,336
Thyroid cancer
2,853
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
2,819
Pancreatic cancer
2,151
Ovarian cancer and serous carcinomas of the fallopian tube
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AIHW. (August 31, 2023). Number of female cancer incidences in Australia in 2023, by leading type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065470/australia-female-cancer-diagnoses-by-leading-type/
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