Table 4 Incident cases and percentages of cancers by rarity, sex, age, remoteness, socioeconomic and Aboriginal status
From: Descriptive epidemiological study of rare, less common and common cancers in Western Australia
Rare | Less Common | Common | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total | 13,995 (21.5%) | 17,462 (26.9%) | 33,493 (51.6%) |
Sex | |||
Male | 8085 (22.4%) | 9714 (27.0%) | 18,245 (50.6%) |
Female | 5910 (20.4%) | 7748 (26.8%) | 15,248 (52.8%) |
Age (years) | |||
0- ≤ 20 | 476 (77.2%) | 114 (18.5%) | 25 (4.1%) |
20- ≤ 35 | 872 (45.2%) | 443 (23.0%) | 614 (31.8%) |
35- ≤ 45 | 924 (27.1%) | 729 (21.4%) | 1753 (51.5%) |
45- ≤ 55 | 1749 (21.6%) | 1756 (21.6%) | 4608 (56.8%) |
55- ≤ 65 | 2871 (19.9%) | 3132 (21.7%) | 8428 (58.4%) |
65- ≤ 75 | 3325 (18.5%) | 4406 (24.5%) | 10,268 (57.0%) |
75- ≤ 85 | 2624 (20.6%) | 4194 (32.9%) | 5938 (46.6%) |
> 85 | 1154 (20.2%) | 2688 (47.1%) | 1859 (32.6%) |
Remoteness | |||
Major Cities | 10,533 (21.3%) | 13,470 (27.2%) | 25,516 (51.5%) |
Regional | 2686 (21.6%) | 3186 (25.7%) | 6543 (52.7%) |
Remote | 772 (25.7%) | 804 (26.8%) | 1429 (47.6%) |
Not mapped | < 5a | < 5a | 5 |
IRSD quintile | |||
1- Most Disadvantaged | 1856 (23.5%) | 2329 (29.5%) | 3722 (47.1%) |
2 | 3819 (22.0%) | 4706 (27.1%) | 8818 (50.8%) |
3 | 2577 (21.7%) | 3280 (27.7%) | 6001 (50.6%) |
4 | 2267 (22.5%) | 2575 (25.6%) | 5225 (51.9%) |
5 – Least Disadvantaged | 3469 (19.5%) | 4568 (25.7%) | 9715 (54.7%) |
Not mapped | 7 | < 5a | 12 |
Aboriginality | |||
Aboriginal | 365 (38.3%) | 290 (30.5%) | 297 (31.2%) |
Non-Aboriginal | 13,554 (21.3%) | 17,116 (26.9%) | 33,038 (51.9%) |
Not mapped | 76 (26.2%) | 56 (19.3%) | 158 (54.5%) |