Table 3 Incident cases and percentages of rare cancers by sex, age, remoteness, socioeconomic and Aboriginal status
From: Descriptive epidemiological study of rare, less common and common cancers in Western Australia
Rare | |
|---|---|
Total | 13,995 |
Sex | |
Male | 8085 (57.8%) |
Female | 5910 (42.2%) |
Age (years) | |
0- ≤ 20 | 476 (3.4%) |
20- ≤ 35 | 872 (6.2%) |
35- ≤ 45 | 924 (6.6%) |
45- ≤ 55 | 1749 (12.5%) |
55- ≤ 65 | 2871 (20.5%) |
65- ≤ 75 | 3325 (23.8%) |
75- ≤ 85 | 2624 (18.7%) |
> 85 | 1154 (8.2%) |
Remoteness | |
Major Cities | 10,533 (75.3%) |
Regional | 2686 (19.2%) |
Remote | 772 (5.5%) |
Not mapped | < 5* (< 1%) |
IRSD quintile | |
1- Most Disadvantaged | 1856 (13.3%) |
2 | 3819 (27.3%) |
3 | 2577 (18.4%) |
4 | 2267 (16.2%) |
5 – Least Disadvantaged | 3469 (24.8%) |
Not mapped | 7 (< 1%) |
Aboriginality | |
Aboriginal | 365 (2.6%) |
Non-Aboriginal | 13,554 (96.8%) |
Not mapped | 76 (< 1%) |