Mortality from cervical cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Mortality is the number of deaths from cervical cancer per 100,000 population.
Only mortality data from New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory are considered adequate for reporting by Indigenous status. Other jurisdictions have a small number of Indigenous deaths, and the identification of these in their death registration systems is relatively poor, making the data less reliable. Note that these jurisdictions differ from those used to calculate incidence by Indigenous status.
Over the 5 years 2019–2023 there were 77 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 25–74 who died from cervical cancer in Australia.
Over the 5 years 2019–2023, there were 71 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 25–74 who died from cervical cancer in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory, which equates to 6.9 deaths per 100,000 women in the population.
After adjusting for age, mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory was 3.4 times the rate of non-Indigenous women over the 5 years 2019–2023 for women aged 25–74 (7.4 and 2.2 deaths per 100,000 women in the population, respectively) (Figure Indigenous people 8).
Figure Indigenous people 8: Cervical cancer mortality (New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory), by Indigenous status, women aged 25–74, 2019–2023
Note: Data shown for 'Indigenous', 'Non-Indigenous' and 'Total' are for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory only; data from these jurisdictions were considered to have adequate levels of Indigenous identification in cancer mortality data at the time this report was prepared.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are respectfully referred to as Indigenous women in this figure.
Source: AIHW National Mortality Database. Data and notes for this figure are available in Table Indigenous people 11.