Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia

In 2007–2014, Indigenous Australians diagnosed with cancer had a 50% relative chance of surviving five years

In 2009–2013, Indigenous Australians were 1.1 times as likely to be diagnosed with cancer as non-Indigenous Australians

Between 2011 and 2015, there was an average of 551 cancer-related deaths each year for Indigenous Australians

Between 2009 and 2013, an average of 1,279 new cancer cases were diagnosed each year in Indigenous Australians