Table 2 Patient ethnicity, age at diagnosis and clinical outcome in corresponding tumour sites
No. of patients | Mean age at diagnosis (SD) | p-value | No. of deceased (%) | Mean survival in years from diagnosis to death (SD) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tumour site (Total) | 9424 | 61.7 (12.1) | 5189 (55.1%) | 4.3 (5.6) | ||
Indigenous | 292 | 54.3 (10.1) | < 0.001 | 183 (62.7%) | 2.0 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
Non-Indigenous | 9132 | 62.0 (12.1) | 5006 (54.8%) | 4.4 (5.7) | ||
Oropharyngeal cancer | 2529 | 59.3 (10.6) | 1139 (45.0%) | 3.76 (5.1) | ||
Indigenous | 90 | 52.6 (10.5) | 0.948 | 49 (54.4%) | 1.65 (3.0) | < 0.001 |
Non-Indigenous | 2439 | 59.6 (10.5) | 1090 (44.7%) | 3.85 (5.2) | ||
Oral cancer | 6756 | 62.6 (12.5) | 2757 (40.8%) | 4.47 (5.8) | ||
Indigenous | 198 | 55.1 (9.8) | < 0.001 | 93 (47.0%) | 1.9 (3.4) | < 0.001 |
Non-Indigenous | 6558 | 62.8 (12.5) | 2664 (40.6%) | 4.6 (5.9) | ||
Other cancers | 139 | 64.5 (12.0) | 98 (70.5%) | 3.7 (4.9) | ||
Indigenous | 4 | 53.3 (11.6) | 0.762 | 4 (100%) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.004 |
Non-Indigenous | 135 | 64.8 (11.9) | 94 (69.6) | 3.88 (4.9) |