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Table 2 Impact of enhancement on the number of cancer cases and relative increase (%) among Aboriginal people by demographic and cancer characteristics, 2010–2014

From: Using data linkage to enhance the reporting of cancer outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in NSW, Australia

 

NSWCR a

Ever reported

Most recent record

Weight of evidence

Multi-stage median

n

%

n

%

Increase (%) b

n

%

Increase (%) b

n

%

Increase (%) b

n

%

Increase (%) b

Sex

 Female

1329

1.5

1920

2.1

44.5%

1575

1.7

18.5%

1689

1.9

27.1%

1701

1.9

28.0%

 Male

1374

1.2

2264

2.0

64.8%

1682

1.5

22.4%

1891

1.7

37.6%

1882

1.6

37.0%

Age at diagnosis

 0–14

49

4.4

61

5.5

24.5%

54

4.9

10.2%

57

5.1

16.3%

56

5.1

14.3%

 15–24

47

3.0

68

4.4

44.7%

61

3.9

29.8%

62

4.0

31.9%

64

4.1

36.2%

 25–34

86

2.0

143

3.4

66.3%

120

2.8

39.5%

128

3.0

48.8%

130

3.0

51.2%

 35–44

224

2.2

322

3.2

43.8%

276

2.8

23.2%

289

2.9

29.0%

293

2.9

30.8%

 45–54

521

2.2

727

3.0

39.5%

627

2.6

20.3%

661

2.8

26.9%

675

2.8

29.6%

 55–64

714

1.6

1076

2.4

50.7%

867

1.9

21.4%

949

2.1

32.9%

945

2.1

32.4%

 65–74

660

1.2

1058

1.9

60.3%

785

1.4

18.9%

878

1.6

33.0%

876

1.6

32.7%

 75–84

332

0.8

570

1.3

71.7%

388

0.9

16.9%

451

1.0

35.8%

447

1.0

34.6%

 85+

70

0.4

159

0.8

127.1%

79

0.4

12.9%

105

0.6

50.0%

97

0.5

38.6%

Year of diagnosis

 2010

497

1.3

766

1.9

54.1%

594

1.5

19.5%

664

1.7

33.6%

661

1.7

33.0%

 2011

532

1.3

830

2.1

56.0%

639

1.6

20.1%

704

1.7

32.3%

705

1.7

32.5%

 2012

535

1.3

836

2.0

56.3%

646

1.6

20.7%

710

1.7

32.7%

712

1.7

33.1%

 2013

569

1.4

851

2.0

49.6%

683

1.6

20.0%

745

1.8

30.9%

747

1.8

31.3%

 2014

570

1.4

901

2.1

58.1%

695

1.7

21.9%

757

1.8

32.8%

758

1.8

33.0%

Clinical cancer group

 Skin

91

0.4

284

1.3

212.1%

177

0.8

94.5%

212

1.0

133.0%

216

1.0

137.4%

 Head and neck

145

2.6

205

3.6

41.4%

171

3.0

17.9%

186

3.3

28.3%

184

3.2

26.9%

 Upper gastrointestinal

340

2.1

442

2.7

30.0%

367

2.3

7.9%

394

2.4

15.9%

392

2.4

15.3%

 Colorectal

299

1.2

442

1.8

47.8%

356

1.4

19.1%

385

1.5

28.8%

379

1.5

26.8%

 Respiratory

430

2.2

553

2.8

28.6%

464

2.4

7.9%

508

2.6

18.1%

502

2.6

16.7%

 Bone and connective tissue

25

1.7

34

2.3

36.0%

29

2.0

16.0%

32

2.2

28.0%

33

2.2

32.0%

 Breast

314

1.2

472

1.9

50.3%

391

1.5

24.5%

413

1.6

31.5%

420

1.7

33.8%

 Gynaecological

179

2.1

249

2.9

39.1%

207

2.4

15.6%

222

2.6

24.0%

223

2.6

24.6%

 Urogenital

416

0.9

803

1.8

93.0%

547

1.2

31.5%

627

1.4

50.7%

633

1.4

52.2%

 Eye and neurological

45

1.4

68

2.2

51.1%

51

1.6

13.3%

56

1.8

24.4%

57

1.8

26.7%

 Thyroid and other endocrine

64

1.2

109

2.1

70.3%

81

1.5

26.6%

93

1.8

45.3%

94

1.8

46.9%

 Lymphohaematopoietic

258

1.2

401

1.9

55.4%

313

1.5

21.3%

344

1.6

33.3%

343

1.6

32.9%

 Ill-defined and unknown primary sites

97

1.9

122

2.3

25.8%

103

2.0

6.2%

108

2.1

11.3%

107

2.1

10.3%

Degree of spread

 Localised

819

1.0

1467

1.8

79.1%

1086

1.3

32.6%

1209

1.5

47.6%

1212

1.5

48.0%

 Regional

668

1.5

964

2.2

44.3%

767

1.8

14.8%

857

2.0

28.3%

850

2.0

27.2%

 Distant

661

2.2

783

2.6

18.5%

686

2.3

3.8%

713

2.3

7.9%

713

2.3

7.9%

 Unknown

555

1.1

970

2.0

74.8%

718

1.5

29.4%

801

1.6

44.3%

808

1.7

45.6%

Remoteness

 Major Cities

1206

0.9

1998

1.4

65.7%

1472

1.1

22.1%

1639

1.2

35.9%

1633

1.2

35.4%

 Inner Regional

831

1.7

1277

2.6

53.7%

1001

2.0

20.5%

1098

2.2

32.1%

1109

2.2

33.5%

 Outer Regional

530

3.4

738

4.7

39.2%

620

4.0

17.0%

678

4.3

27.9%

675

4.3

27.4%

 Remote/ very remote

136

12.7

171

15.9

25.7%

164

15.3

20.6%

165

15.4

21.3%

166

15.5

22.1%

Socio-economic disadvantage quintilec

 Q1: Least disadvantaged

131

0.3

280

0.7

113.7%

157

0.4

19.8%

194

0.5

48.1%

195

0.5

48.9%

 Q2

352

0.9

596

1.6

69.3%

441

1.1

25.3%

487

1.3

38.4%

485

1.3

37.8%

 Q3

474

1.1

785

1.9

65.6%

580

1.4

22.4%

650

1.6

37.1%

654

1.6

38.0%

 Q4

843

1.8

1219

2.6

44.6%

1004

2.2

19.1%

1082

2.3

28.4%

1087

2.3

28.9%

 Q5: Most disadvantaged

903

2.4

1304

3.4

44.4%

1075

2.8

19.0%

1167

3.1

29.2%

1162

3.1

28.7%

  1. aNSWCR: Aboriginal status variable in the NSW Cancer Registry
  2. bRelative increase compared with the number of cases based on the NSW Cancer Registry Aboriginal status variable
  3. cIndex of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage