Cancer research in Australia / [G. Cooke Adams].

  • Adams, G. Cooke.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
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Credit: Cancer research in Australia / [G. Cooke Adams]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Italy and the United States of America show a comparatively low death-rate when compared with other foreign countries ; on the other hand, Germany, France, Austria, Norway and Sweden show even a much higher death-rate than the British born inhabitants of the Commonwealth. The Chinese, who form the largest proportion of the foreign born inhabitants of Australia, also show a low death-rate when compared with other foreign countries. From 1316 deaths of Chinese registered in Victoria between the years 1894 and 1900 from all causes 49 only were recorded as having died from cancer. For the same period in Victoria, out of 70 cases of deaths registered as having occurred amongst the aboriginals of that State but one case of cancer was recorded. A Comparison. Table Showing the Death-rate from Cancer (for 1900) for each State of the Australian, British, and Foreign born Inhabitants respectively, according to their Percentage of the Total Population (exclusive of the Aborigines.) State. Australian born. Natives of the United Kingdom and other portions of the British Empire. Foreign born. Percentage to the total popu¬ lation. Cancer death- rate per 100,000 living. Australian born. ' Percentage to the total population. Cancer death- , rate per 100,000 living. Percentage to the total population. Cancer death- rate per 100,000 living. New South Wales . 80-52 21-0 16*28 201-1 2*61 207-2 Victoria. 79-42 28-6 17-92 283-0 2-15 245-3 Queensland. 65*20 23-4 25*42 107*8 8*71 195*6 South Australia .... 80-06 22*7 15-69 192-2 3-73 202-4 Western Australia . 70-51 15-4 22-60 81-5 5-65 120*0 Tasmania. 86*82 20*0 11-54 223*0 1-29 230*0 Commonwealth of Australia 77*02 22-8 19-50 202-1 3-28 208-3 Thus Victoria shows a higher death-rate from cancer than any of the other States, Western Australia being the lowest. Tasmania has a high death-rate from cancer among the British born inhabitants. Annual Statistics. The following Table tells its own grim tale of the steady increase in the number of deaths and the death-rates from cancer in each State from 1870 to 1900.