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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of people diagnosed with cancer, Australia, 1991-2005

From: Cancer survival for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a national study of survival rates and excess mortality

 

Indigenous

Non-indigenous

 

n = 7,019

n = 1,228,573

 

Percent of column total

Sex

  

Male

47.8

55.0

Female

52.2

45.0

Age at diagnosis

  

0 to 49 years

28.9

15.1

50 to 59 years

23.1

15.7

60 to 69 years

24.4

24.0

70 years and over

23.6

45.2

Median age (years)

59

68

State of residence

  

Queensland

30.7

18.8

New South Wales

27.8

34.4

Western Australia

16.2

8.9

Northern Territory

15.5

0.4

Victoria

4.8

24.7

South Australia

4.1

8.8

Tasmania

0.6

2.7

Australian Capital Territory

0.3

1.3

Remoteness of residence

  

Major cities

27.3

65.9

Inner regional

15.8

22.5

Outer regional

25.3

9.8

Remote

11.2

1.1

Very remote

19.8

0.4

Other1

0.7

0.4

Vital status at 31/12/2007

  

Alive

33.4

45.1

Dead

66.6

54.9

  1. 1Includes migratory and unknown.