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Table 1 Five-year relative survival (%) by socioeconomic disadvantage for 10 cancers in NSW, Australia, 1996–2000 and 2004–2008

From: Cancer survival in New South Wales, Australia: socioeconomic disparities remain despite overall improvements

Cancer

Five-year relative survival (%)

1996–2000

2004–2008

Least

Second

Third

Fourth

Most

Least

Second

Third

Fourth

Most

Stomach (C16)

33.4

24.6

27.6

24.9

25.2

35.2

31.6

28.1

31.0

26.1

Colorectum (C18-21)

63.5

60.8

60.9

59.6

60.2

68.7

66.0

66.1

64.6

64.7

Liver (C22)

22.7

16.3

10.6

13.4

11.5

22.6

18.4

14.7

19.8

17.1

Lung (C33-34)

16.2

16.4

14.5

15.0

14.5

18.1

17.2

16.3

17.0

14.2

Melanoma (C43)

91.0

91.1

92.2

88.8

90.2

92.1

90.9

90.3

89.2

90.4

Breast (C50)

87.8

85.7

83.9

83.9

83.2

92.6

88.5

87.9

88.4

89.2

Cervix (C53)

71.7

72.9

74.3

69.0

73.2

76.2

72.0

75.5

73.4

60.9

Uterus (C54-55)

81.4

80.5

79.0

80.0

79.2

84.8

77.2

74.5

79.1

83.1

Ovary (C56-57)

44.4

41.6

38.5

38.9

38.2

44.5

44.5

44.7

39.4

41.0

Prostate (C61)

85.9

84.0

84.5

83.4

81.8

94.4

93.6

91.0

94.5

90.6