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Table 6 Five-year cancer-specific survival (%) and adjusted‡ hazard ratios in Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal people, males and females, NSW, 1999-2007, with 95% confidence intervals

From: Estimates of cancer incidence, mortality and survival in aboriginal people from NSW, Australia

Cancer site

Aboriginal

 

Non-Aboriginal

Hazard Ratio‡

Persons

    

Head and neck

48.7 (38.4-58.9)***

 

65.6 (64.4-66.8)

1.90 (1.46-2.48)***

Stomach

17.1 (5.6-28.6)*

 

29.6 (28.3-30.9)

1.36 (1.01-1.82)*

Large bowel

50.7 (43.5-57.9)***

 

64.9 (64.4-65.4)

1.63 (1.35-1.97)***

Pancreas

4.4 (0.0-10.3)

 

6.7 (6.0-7.5)

1.32 (1.01-1.73)*

Lung

9.2 (5.4-13.1)**

 

16.3 (15.8-16.9)

1.47 (1.31-1.66)***

Melanoma of skin

90.6 (84.7-96.5)

 

90.4 (90.0-90.8)

0.98 (0.52-1.84)

All cancers

52.6 (50.3-55.0)***

 

65.4 (65.2-65.5)

1.62 (1.52-1.73)***

Males

    

Head and neck

40.7 (28.2-53.2)***

 

64.7 (63.3-66.2)

2.17 (1.61-2.93)***

Stomach

19.9 (5.7-34.1)

 

29.6 (28.0-31.3)

1.18 (0.83-1.68)

Large bowel

47.9 (38.1-57.7)*

 

64.6 (63.8-65.3)

1.74 (1.36-2.22)***

Pancreas

8.0 (0.0-18.4)

 

6.2 (5.2-7.2)

1.19 (0.81-1.75)

Lung

9.3 (4.3-14.3)*

 

15.0 (14.4-15.7)

1.43 (1.22-1.67)***

Melanoma of skin

89.0 (80.1-97.9)

 

88.3 (87.7-88.8)

0.84 (0.37-1.90)

Prostate

77.6 (70.9-84.3)***

 

87.7 (87.3-88.1)

1.87 (1.37-2.57)***

All cancers

48.8 (45.5-52.1)***

 

64.1 (63.8-64.4)

1.65 (1.51-1.80)***

Females

    

Head and neck

67.7 (52.4-83.0)

 

67.7 (65.5-69.9)

1.28 (0.71-2.30)

Stomach

11.4 (0.0-28.9)*

 

29.5 (27.3-31.8)

1.98 (1.15-3.40)*

Large bowel

54.6 (43.8-65.3)*

 

65.3 (64.5-66.1)

1.49 (1.11-2.00)*

Pancreas

8.5 (0.0-19.5)

 

7.2 (6.1-8.3)

1.46 (0.99-2.15)

Lung

8.9 (2.8-15.1)*

 

18.7 (17.7-19.6)

1.54 (1.30-1.84)***

Melanoma of skin

92.1 (84.3-99.9)

 

93.3 (92.8-93.8)

1.35 (0.50-3.64)

Breast

79.1 (74.0-84.2)***

 

87.8 (87.4-88.2)

1.83 (1.40-2.40)***

Cervix

59.0 (46.0-72.0)*

 

73.6 (71.5-75.6)

1.96 (1.30-2.96)***

All cancers

56.5 (53.4-59.7)***

 

66.9 (66.6-67.2)

1.59 (1.45-1.75)***

  1. ‡Adjusted for age and year of diagnosis, and cancer degree of spread.
  2. *p < 0.05.
  3. **p < 0.001.
  4. ***p < .0001.