Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia

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Last updated: 15 Mar 2018

Topic: Cancer

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018. Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. Cat. no. CAN 109. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 14 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-indigenous-australians

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-indigenous-australians

MLA

Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 15 March 2018, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-indigenous-australians

Vancouver

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018 [cited 2021 Apr. 14]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-indigenous-australians

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2018, Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, viewed 14 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-indigenous-australians

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Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia presents the latest available information on national population screening programs, cancer incidence, survival, prevalence and mortality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, compared with non-Indigenous Australians. Information is available as data visualisations to explore by sex, age, state and territory, remoteness area and trend.

Cat. no: CAN 109

Findings from this report:

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
In 2007–2014, Indigenous Australians had lower five-year relative survival compared with non-Indigenous Australians
Between 2011 and 2015, there was an average of 551 cancer-related deaths each year for Indigenous Australians

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