Researchers have created a map of Australian cancer diagnoses and outcomes, linking factors like socio-economic status and remoteness.
Health care advocates hope the information will help raise awareness of risk and improve the management of specific cancers.
Professor John Glover authored the study with researchers at Torrens University.
"It enables people to have some information for use in policy development, service planning and health promotion activities," Professor Glover said.
"People can track cancer screening, the participation and outcomes, for example for treatment of breast cancer.
"(It also allows people to) look at cancer incidents, patterns, the diagnosis and then to look at premature mortality from cancer."
Torrens University researchers found lung cancer was more common among lower income households and cancer patients in lower socio-economic areas were also more likely to die under the age of 75.
They identified the same trend among those in remote communities.
Professor Sanchia Aranda, the CEO of the Cancer Council of Australia, says the research shows a strong link between access to services and mortality.
"You are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of cancer and that means socio-economic status and rurality, ability to access the system all contribute to that," she said.
Almost a third of all cancer incidences in Australia are linked to smoking, according to the Cancer Council, and the behaviour is more common in remote areas.
In Queensland, Bellbird Park and Churchill topped the list with 518 cases of lung cancer among 100,000 people.
Professor Glover said the sunshine state also had an unexpectedly higher rate of skin cancer than other states.
"I was a little surprised by the extent to which it was above the national average.
"(It is) around 37 per cent higher for men and 36 per cent higher for women, but also spread from Brisbane to areas all across Queensland."
