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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 1840 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 February 2019 by Hon Robin Chapple

Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 40 Session: 1


Question

(1) With reference to the Western Australian Cancer Registry in the Department of Health, will the Minister provide detailed numerical information for the last 10 years of diagnosed cases of breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer and bowel cancer by cancer type for each individual year and the annual morbidity rates associated with those cancers for the towns of:
(a) Kununurra;
(b) Halls Creek;
(c) Fitzroy Crossing;
(d) Derby;
(e) Wyndham; and
(f) Broome?
(2) If no to (1), why not?

Answered on 19 March 2019

I am advised:

(1) (a) Kununurra, town of

Incidence counts by cancer type

Year

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Bowel

2007

4

0

1

0

2008

1

3

2

0

2009

3

1

6

2

2010

1

0

4

1

2011

3

4

4

2

2012

1

6

2

3

2013

1

3

2

0

2014

1

3

0

2

2015

1

3

0

1

2016

2

1

1

2

Total

18

24

22

13

 

(b) Halls Creek, town of

Incidence counts by cancer type

Year

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Bowel

2007

0

0

0

0

2008

0

0

0

1

2009

0

0

1

1

2010

0

0

0

0

2011

1

3

2

0

2012

0

0

0

0

2013

1

1

0

2

2014

1

2

1

0

2015

0

3

2

1

2016

2

0

0

0

Total

5

9

6

5

 

(c) Fitzroy Crossing, town of

Incidence counts by cancer type

Year

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Bowel

2007

0

2

0

1

2008

1

0

0

0

2009

0

0

0

1

2010

1

0

0

0

2011

0

2

0

0

2012

1

1

0

0

2013

1

0

3

2

2014

1

0

1

0

2015

0

1

0

0

2016

0

0

0

0

Total

5

6

4

4

 

(d) Derby, town of

Incidence counts by cancer type

Year

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Bowel

2007

3

1

1

2

2008

1

0

4

1

2009

1

2

2

1

2010

0

1

3

2

2011

4

0

1

1

2012

1

1

2

0

2013

1

0

3

4

2014

4

2

4

0

2015

3

3

2

1

2016

1

0

1

2

Total

19

10

23

14

 

(e) Wyndham, town of

Incidence counts by cancer type

Year

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Bowel

2007

1

1

0

0

2008

0

0

0

1

2009

0

1

1

1

2010

1

0

1

0

2011

2

0

1

4

2012

0

0

0

0

2013

1

0

1

0

2014

0

0

0

0

2015

1

0

0

2

2016

0

0

1

0

Total

6

2

5

8

 

(f) Broome, Shire of

 

Incidence counts by cancer type

Year

Lung

Breast

Prostate

Bowel

2007

1

6

6

2

2008

6

6

8

2

2009

4

10

6

10

2010

3

7

13

5

2011

4

7

7

6

2012

8

6

9

3

2013

8

9

9

10

2014

5

7

6

5

2015

8

6

5

5

2016

4

9

7

5

Total

51

73

76

53

 *The Shire of Broome rather than the town has been provided to include Cable Beach and surrounding communities.

 Note: The most recent 10 years of validated data for reporting has been provided (2007 to 2016).

 

2) Standardised morbidity rates that allow statistical comparison of rates of illness over time could not be calculated at the requested reporting level due to low volumes.