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Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people of Australia

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Last updated: 15 Mar 2018
Topic: Cancer
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AIHW

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

APA

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

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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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  • Contents
    • Table of contents
    • Summary
    • Screening
    • Incidence
    • Survival
    • Prevalence
    • Mortality
    • Cancer type
      • Bladder cancer (C67)
      • Breast cancer (in females) (C50)
      • Cervical cancer (C53)
      • Colorectal cancer (C18–C20)
      • Head and neck cancer (C00–C14, C30–C32)
      • Kidney cancer (C64)
      • Liver cancer (C22)
      • Lung cancer (C33–C34)
      • Melanoma of the skin (C43)
      • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–C86)
      • Oesophageal cancer (C15)
      • Ovarian cancer (C56)
      • Pancreatic cancer (C25)
      • Prostate cancer (C61)
      • Stomach cancer (C16)
      • Thyroid cancer (C73)
      • Cancer of unknown primary site (C80)
      • Uterine cancer (C54–C55)
    • Quality of Indigenous status data
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Table of contents

Summary

  • Summary

Topic

Data are presented by sex, age, trend, state and territory and remoteness area for:

  • Screening
  • Incidence
  • Survival
  • Prevalence
  • Mortality

Cancer type

Data are presented by sex, age, trend, state and territory and remoteness area for selected cancer types:

  • Bladder cancer (C67)
  • Breast cancer (in females) (C50)
  • Cervical cancer (C53)
  • Colorectal cancer (C18–C20)
  • Head and neck cancer (C00–C14, C30–C32)
  • Kidney cancer (C64)
  • Liver cancer (C22)
  • Lung cancer (C33–C34)
  • Melanoma of the skin (C43)
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–C86)
  • Oesophageal cancer (C15)
  • Ovarian cancer (C56)
  • Pancreatic cancer (C25)
  • Prostate cancer (C61)
  • Stomach cancer (C16)
  • Thyroid cancer (C73)
  • Cancer of unknown primary site (C80)
  • Uterine cancer (C54–C55)
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