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Table 3 Age-standardised cancer incidence rates among non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people, 2010–2014

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

 

Non-Aboriginal people

Aboriginal people

NSWCRa

NSWCRa

Ever reported

Most recent record

Weight of evidence

Multi-stage median

ASR (95%CI)

ASR (95%CI)

ASR (95%CI)

Increase (%) b

ASR (95%CI)

Increase (%) b

ASR (95%CI)

Increase (%) b

ASR (95%CI)

Increase (%) b

All cancers

 Persons

490.8 (488.7–493.0)

559.9 (535.3–585.3)

918.0 (885.2–951.6)

64.0

667.9 (641.1–695.3)

19.3

753.7 (724.8–783.4)

34.6

748.0 (719.4–777.4)

33.6

 Females

417.7 (415.0–420.5)

504.6 (474.0–536.5)

750.5 (712.2–790.1)

48.7

588.5 (555.7–622.6)

16.6

642.7 (607.9–678.7)

27.4

645.2 (610.4–681.2)

27.9

 Males

577.6 (574.2–581.0)

629.4 (588.7–671.7)

1135.3 (1077.0-1195.5)

80.4

766.7 (722.0–813.0)

21.8

894.1 (844.5–945.4)

42.1

875.6 (827.3–925.7)

39.1

Colorectal

 Persons

57.8 (57.1–58.6)

63.9 (55.3–73.2)

104.5 (92.9–117.0)

63.5

77.7 (68.1–88.0)

21.6

86.3 (76.1–97.4)

35.1

84.1 (74.1–94.9)

31.6

 Females

48.9 (47.9–49.8)

60.7 (49.8–73.0)

87.3 (73.7–102.3)

43.8

70.5 (58.7–83.7)

16.1

76.2 (63.9–90.0)

25.5

76.7 (64.2–90.6)

26.4

 Males

68.1 (66.9–69.2)

67.3 (53.9–82.4)

127.7 (107.1–150.4)

89.7

86.3 (70.8–103.5)

28.2

99.7 (82.2–119.0)

48.1

92.7 (76.6–110.6)

37.7

Lung

 Persons

42.5 (41.8–43.1)

95.4 (85.2–106.3)

125.9 (113.9–138.6)

32.0

104.2 (93.4–115.7)

9.2

114.6 (103.3–126.7)

20.1

112.5 (101.4–124.4)

17.9

 Females

33.3 (32.5–34.1)

83.9 (71.5–97.8)

103.8 (89.8–119.2)

23.7

89.8 (76.8–104.1)

7.0

97.5 (84.0–112.4)

16.2

96.8 (83.3–111.6)

15.4

 Males

53.6 (52.6–54.7)

110.5 (93.6–129.2)

155.8 (134.7–178.7)

41.0

123.3 (105.1–143.4)

11.6

137.4 (118.1–158.7)

24.3

133.3 (114.5–154.0)

20.6

Melanoma

 Persons

50.8 (50.1–51.5)

16.7 (12.6–21.6)

57.3 (48.9–66.5)

243.1

28.4 (23.2–34.2)

70.1

37.8 (31.4–44.9)

126.3

36.8 (30.7–43.7)

120.4

 Females

40.3 (39.4–41.2)

11.5 (7.1–17.2)

36.0 (27.7–45.6)

213.0

22.1 (16.3–29.0)

92.2

25.0 (18.4–32.9)

117.4

27.2 (20.3–35.4)

136.5

 Males

63.4 (62.3–64.6)

23.3 (15.8–32.6)

85.0 (68.7–103.5)

264.8

36.1 (27.2–46.7)

54.9

53.5 (41.7–67.1)

129.6

47.7 (37.5–59.6)

104.7

Breast (Females)

120.8 (119.2–122.3)

105.2 (92.6–118.9)

161.1 (145.1–178.2)

53.1

130.9 (116.8–146.1)

24.4

140.0 (125.2–156.0)

33.1

142.1 (127.2–158.1)

35.1

Cervix

6.8 (6.4–7.2)

14.7 (10.5–19.9)

19.4 (14.5–25.3)

32.0

16.3 (12.0–21.6)

10.9

16.7 (12.3–22.1)

13.6

16.9 (12.5–22.3)

15.0

Prostate

167.7 (165.9–169.5)

126.1 (107.9–146.1)

281.8 (253.5–311.8)

123.5

172.7 (151.8–195.3)

37.0

205.2 (182.0–230.1)

62.7

203.6 (180.6–228.3)

61.5

  1. ASR (95%CI): Age-standardised cancer incidence rate per 100,000 with 95% confidence intervals; directly standardised to the 2001 Australian standard population
  2. aNSWCR: Aboriginal status variable available in the NSW Cancer Registry
  3. bRelative increase compared with incidence rate based on the NSW Cancer Registry Aboriginal status variable