The burden of cancer in Austria

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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the overall progress against cancer in Austria by analysing changes in age-adjusted mortality rates from 1970 to 1996. For the years 1970 to 1996, age-adjusted rates for all malignant neoplasms and for selected sites were calculated for men and women, according to year, age and sex. The number of cancer deaths were obtained from the Austrian Central Statistical Office - age-adjusted mortality rates of all malignant neoplasms decreased in men between 1971 and 1996 by 13% (from 289.1 to 251.4 deaths per 100 000), and in women between 1970 and 1996 by 19.1% (from 276.6 to 223.7 deaths per 100 000). Among older people (≥55 years) the mortality decreased by 13% in men and by 17% in women; among younger people (

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