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Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview
AIHW, Cancer Australia (2013) Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 April 2024.
AIHW, Cancer Australia. (2013). Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview. Canberra: AIHW.
AIHW, Cancer Australia. Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview. AIHW, 2013.
AIHW, Cancer Australia. Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
AIHW, Cancer Australia 2013, Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report brings together the most up-to-date data available from a wide range of sources to describe the status of cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. Information on differences across age, sex and remoteness areas are presented and key issues are highlighted. The report provides a comprehensive picture of cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia that should be useful to health professionals, policy makers and others with an interest in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In 2004–2008, the age-standardised cancer incidence rate was higher for Indigenous Australians
In 2007–2011, the age-standardised cancer mortality rate was higher for Indigenous Australians
Lung cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death for Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians with cancer had a 5-year survival rate of 40%, lower than non-Indigenous Australians (52%)
Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview