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Table 1 Predictors1 of Aboriginal status in NSW CCR registered cancers 1999-2007, from logistic regression model

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

Predictor

Predictor category

OR (95% CI)2

Age group (yr)

0 - 4

3.73 (2.48 - 5.61)

 

5 - 9

4.43 (2.58 - 7.58)

 

10 - 14

2.13 (1.07 - 4.24)

 

15 - 19

3.45 (2.13 - 5.60)

 

20 - 24

3.54 (2.34 - 5.36)

 

25 - 29

3.35 (2.35 - 4.77)

 

30 - 34

2.85 (2.08 - 3.90)

 

35 - 39

4.05 (3.23 - 5.07)

 

40 - 44

3.88 (3.20 - 4.69))

 

45 - 49

3.30 (2.78 - 3.92)

 

50 - 54

3.16 (2.71 - 3.69)

 

55 - 59

2.55 (2.20 - 2.96)

 

60 - 64

2.46 (2.14 - 2.84)

 

65 - 69

1.88 (1.63 - 2.18)

 

70 - 74

1.59 (1.38 - 1.85)

 

75 +

1.00 (referent)

Sex

Male

0.93 (0.85-1.02)

 

Female

1.00 (referent)

Country of Birth

Not Australia

0.22 (0.19-0.25)

 

Unknown

0.90 (0.66-1.22)

 

Australia

1.00 (referent)

Degree of Spread

Regional

1.20 (1.07-1.33)

 

Distant

1.27 (1.12-1.43)

 

Unknown

1.05 (0.94-1.18)

 

Localised

1.00 (referent)

Clinical Grouping

Skin

0.24 (0.19-0.31)

 

Head and Neck

1.11 (0.91-1.35)

 

Upper Gastrointestinal

0.87 (0.74-1.01)

 

Colorectal

0.54 (0.46-0.62)

 

Bone and other connective tissue

0.53 (0.34-0.82)

 

Breast

0.58 (0.50-0.69)

 

Gynaecological

0.90 (0.74-1.09)

 

Urogenital

0.56 (0.48-0.64)

 

Eye

0.46 (0.21-1.00)

 

Neurological

0.57 (0.42-0.76)

 

Thyroid and other endocrine

0.44 (0.32-0.62)

 

Lymphohaematopoeitic

0.65 (0.54-0.77)

 

Ill-defined and unknown primary sites

0.64 (0.52-0.79)

 

Respiratory

1.00 (referent)

One-year survival

Death within 1 year from Diagnosis

1.36 (1.25-1.49)

 

Survival to 1 year from Diagnosis

1.00 (referent)

Area Health Service

Sydney South West AHS

0.74 (0.63-0.87)

 

Sydney West AHS

0.86 (0.73-1.00)

 

Northern Sydney and Central Coast AHS

0.59 (0.50-0.70)

 

Hunter and New England AHS

1.29 (1.13-1.47)

 

North Coast AHS

1.28 (1.11-1.49)

 

Greater Southern AHS

1.21 (1.03-1.41)

 

Greater Western AHS

1.83 (1.56-2.13)

 

South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra AHS

1.00 (referent)

Percentage Aboriginal in

  

Local Government Area3

 

1.13 (1.12-1.15)

  1. 1Co-variates simultaneously adjusted for.
  2. 2Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval.
  3. 3Of residence at diagnosis.