Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia

In 2011–2015, Indigenous Australians were 1.4 times as likely to die from cancer as non-Indigenous Australians

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