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Table 4 Cancer mortality in Aboriginal males, NSW, 1999-2007, and risk comparison with non-Aboriginal males

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

  

Mortality rate1 per 100,000 (95% CI)

 

Risk3 to age 75, 1 in:

Cancer site

Deaths

 

SMR2 (95% CI)

Aboriginal

Non-Aboriginal

Head and neck

54

20.6 (14.5-28.0)

3.18 (2.39-4.15)

56

155

Oesophagus

25

12.9 (7.6-20.1)

2.31 (1.50-3.42)

86

241

Stomach

34

21.2 (13.5-31.1)

2.09 (1.45-2.92)

71

165

Large bowel

68

38.6 (28.0-51.2)

1.40 (1.08-1.77)

45

52

Liver

20

7.8 (4.2-12.8)

1.74 (1.06-2.68)

135

250

Pancreas

30

19.0 (11.6-28.7)

1.70 (1.15-2.42)

94

147

Lung

164

91.1 (75.3-108.8)

1.99 (1.69-2.31)

14

29

Melanoma of skin

12

8.1 (3.5-15.0)

0.67 (0.35-1.17)

174

173

Prostate

65

57.1 (42.6-74.5)

1.86 (1.43-2.37)

51

86

Kidney

19

10.5 (5.4-17.8)

1.70 (1.02-2.66)

159

254

Bladder

10

7.3 (2.8-14.6)

1.12 (0.54-2.06)

366

316

Brain

14

4.4 (1.7-8.4)

0.76 (0.42-1.28)

346

191

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

18

7.9 (4.0-13.6)

1.09 (0.64-1.72)

169

176

All leukaemias

27

16.0 (9.3-25.1)

1.44 (0.95-2.10)

115

185

Unknown primary

48

25.1 (17.1-35.0)

1.86 (1.37-2.46)

57

106

All cancers

657

372.9 (338.9-409.0)

1.68 (1.55-1.81)

4.7

7.5

  1. 1Directly age-standardised to 2001 Australian census population.
  2. 2Standardised mortality ratio in relation to all NSW males.
  3. 3Cumulative risk.
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